People · United States
Ishmael Glover
3×3 · top 0.56% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023GLOV05
Ishmael Glover has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.12, set at Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025, puts him in the top 0.56% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 371st in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2023, he has put 331 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Ishmael has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 6.12 | 7.65 | top 0.56% | 371 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 32.68 | 35.67 | top 4.7% | 743 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.43 | 1:10.13 | top 8.7% | 676 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.33 | 21.51 | top 16.0% | 2,057 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 3:35.24 | 4:04.02 | early days — 3 solves | 2,160 / 4,196 |
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
- 12 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025.
- 11 Nov 2023First competition: Get Ahead in Andalusia 2023. A 8.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Coosa Cubing Clash 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sowega Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arizona Mini 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- New Orleans 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024
- Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- T-Town Showdown AL 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bama Big Cubes 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Get Ahead in Andalusia 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 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.
- Roman Wofford — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Katie Hull — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Nicolás Sánchez — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.