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Ian Wilkerson
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023WILK21
Ian Wilkerson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at DFW Megacomp 2024, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,360th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2023, he has put 123 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.99 in December 2023 to 10.80, a 17% improvement. Ian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.80 | 12.77 | top 9.9% | 5,360 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.29 | 9.67 | top 22.1% | 5,956 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 5.31 | top 27.0% | 10,665 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.82 | 44.90 | top 41.5% | 5,557 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.47 | 1:14.35 | top 46.4% | 7,714 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 12.79 | 17.92 | top 69.8% | 13,112 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:38.97 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,145 / 9,401 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Mar 2024Seven personal bests in one day at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 17 Dec 2023First competition: DFW Cubing Fall 2023. A 15.17 3×3 single to start from.
- 17 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.99 at DFW Cubing Fall 2023.
Competitions
- Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Michael Conard — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Dylan Baumbach — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Pilat — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.