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Ian Winokur

3×3 · top 16.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2003 · 2003WINO01

Ian Winokur has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.67, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 16.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,728th in the United States. Across 31 competitions since August 2003, he has put 458 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.69 in August 2003 to 12.67, a 74% improvement. Ian has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.67
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
458
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.6715.30
top 16.3%8,728 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded1:26.531:51.38
top 21.8%443 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 52:26—
top 28.0%206 / 731
3×3 one-handed33.3138.52
top 54.0%7,491 / 15,683
2×27.1111.65
top 61.3%25,197 / 40,951
4×42:02.952:16.28
top 83.0%15,521 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,683 / 2,040
5×54:57.43—
early days — 3 solves9,185 / 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

World Rubik's Games Championship 2003: 48.69US Nationals 2004: 22.27Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005: 16.39Rubik's World Championship 2005: 16.94Rutgers Fall competition 2005: 15.88Rutgers Spring competition 2006: 16.79Rutgers Spring competition 2007: 16.14US Nationals and Open 2008: 16.59Newark Winter 2009: 14.02US Nationals 2009: 16.71MIT Fall 2009: 15.68Brown Cubing Day 2009: 14.61United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 17.24MIT Fall 2010: 15.09Captain's Cove competition 2012: 14.75Harvard Fall 2012: 13.80MIT Fall 2012: 12.71Liberty Science Center Open 2012: 15.53Harvard Spring 2013: 15.03MIT Spring 2013: 14.13Yale Spring 2013: 14.66World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.67Harvard Fall 2013: 14.96Yale Fall 2013: 15.49Williams Winter 2014: 14.38Yale Spring 2014: 15.01Lexington Spring 2014: 14.25CCFC BLD Day 2014: 15.72US Nationals 2014: 14.49GCC Fall 2014: 13.10UMass ODS Fall 2016: 15.2312.6748.6923 Aug 200310 Dec 2016

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Tim Reynolds — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
  • Rowe Hessler — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 26.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.