Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Ira Norwood

People · United States

Ira Norwood

2×2 · top 41.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016NORW01

Ira Norwood has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.19, set at Las Vegas Spring 2017, puts him in the top 41.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,742nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2016, he has put 43 official solves on the record across four events. Ira has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 41.7% of 186,767 all-time
5.19
signature single · Las Vegas Spring 2017
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.196.08
top 41.7%16,742 / 40,951
3×320.7122.44
top 41.9%23,946 / 59,724
Skewb12.0417.16
top 66.2%12,359 / 18,907
Pyraminx12.15
early days — 3 solves20,146 / 28,708

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

Reno Fall 2016: 22.73Las Vegas Spring 2017: 24.69Nisei Week 2017: 20.7120.7124.6912 Nov 201619 Aug 2017

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.