People · United States
Isaiah Sippel
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016SIPP01
Isaiah Sippel has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.96, set at BU Spring 2018, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 930th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since February 2016, he has put 257 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.30 in February 2016 to 11.17, a 71% improvement. Isaiah has entered 18 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.96 | 6.10 | top 3.5% | 930 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.07 | top 10.7% | 4,215 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.17 | 15.61 | top 11.0% | 5,964 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.01 | 41.78 | top 42.0% | 5,632 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 38.93 | 56.90 | top 64.0% | 4,213 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.16 | 1:49.76 | top 65.9% | 11,652 / 19,072 |
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
- 7 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.21 at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.21 at Caltech Winter 2017.
- 24 Apr 2016First sub-30 3×3: 29.63 at St. Francis II: GYM 2016.
- 20 Feb 2016First competition: Caltech Winter 2016. A 38.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- The Battle of Lexington 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Salem Cube Trials 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- BU Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018 · 7 Jan 2018
- Cubing with the Viking 2017 · 10 Dec 2017
- Weston Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Sharon Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cerritos Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Petoskey Cubing 2016 · 23 Jul 2016
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
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.
- Elijah Sippel — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Derek White — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Alex Cohen — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.