People · United States
Isaac Langer
3×3 · top 0.77% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014LANG02
Isaac Langer has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.40, set at SacCubing XI 2022, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 499th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since October 2014, he has put 2,459 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.98 in October 2014 to 6.40, a 51% improvement. Isaac has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 6.40 | 7.94 | top 0.77% | 499 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.12 | 2.46 | top 0.82% | 340 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.79 | 13.33 | top 0.91% | 143 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.30 | 4.62 | top 1.7% | 450 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 41.22 | 45.92 | top 1.9% | 139 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 2.23 | 3.93 | top 2.0% | 294 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 29.38 | 34.60 | top 2.5% | 406 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 57.93 | 1:10.50 | top 4.5% | 371 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 10.36 | 13.10 | top 6.8% | 498 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.16 | 2:18.63 | top 15.8% | 565 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:12.20 | 1:35.28 | top 16.8% | 324 / 2,092 | |
| 7×7 | 3:30.16 | 3:44.50 | top 19.8% | 563 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 37.67 | top 20.4% | 446 / 2,040 | |
| Clock | 10.42 | 13.90 | top 27.2% | 2,088 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 4 cubes · 20:57 | — | top 41.1% | 311 / 731 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 18:48.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 371 / 440 |
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
- 10 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019.
- 13 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Please Be Quiet Berkeley 2018.
- 27 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
- 14 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cerritos Open 2018.
- 27 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at SacCubing III 2018.
Competitions
- Sequoia Cubing 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 42 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Cubing on the Octagon 2022 · 31 Dec 2022
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022
- SacCubing XI 2022 · 27 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022 · 19 Mar 2022
- SacCubing IX 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Berkeley Fall 2019 · 10 Nov 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- Berkeley Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing VIII 2019 · 8 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC North America West 2019 · 7 Sep 2019
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019 · 10 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- PBQ Berkeley Spring 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Berkeley 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Cerritos Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing III 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Fresno Fall 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
- Cerritos Open 2017 · 27 May 2017
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Newport Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2016 · 20 Aug 2016
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- SoCal Supercomp 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 9 personal bests set
- TFTI San Diego 2016 · 29 May 2016
- Poly Cubed 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Spring 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Nub Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- SoCal Supercomp 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- St. Francis Winter Open 2015 · 1 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open 2015 · 17 Jan 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Antelope Valley Fall 2014 · 4 Oct 2014 — 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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 221 rounds, finished ahead 114 times
- Max Park — met in 209 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tyler Howlett — met in 206 rounds, finished ahead 132 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.