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Ian Yam
3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017YAMI01
Ian Yam has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.38, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,117th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since February 2017, he has put 283 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.82 in February 2017 to 7.38, a 63% improvement. Ian has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.38 | 9.29 | top 1.8% | 1,117 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.65 | top 12.4% | 4,945 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.88 | 8.77 | top 17.3% | 2,764 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 46.33 | 58.12 | top 20.0% | 3,074 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.58 | 26.55 | top 24.9% | 3,251 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 10.83 | 14.31 | top 29.2% | 2,324 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.30 | 15.47 | top 47.4% | 13,884 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 2:44.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,490 / 9,537 |
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
- 22 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.45 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 10.81 at Berkeley Summer 2022.
- 11 Feb 2017First competition: Berkeley Winter 2017. A 19.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Alameda County Fair 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Benicia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rocklin Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Folsom Summer 2024 · 7 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2017 · 11 Feb 2017
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.
- Brian Zhong — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 37 times · head to head
- Sebastian Stone — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.