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Ivan Krueger

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016KRUE01

Ivan Krueger has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,242nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 93 competitions since January 2016, he has put 2,986 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.22 in January 2016 to 7.57, a 67% improvement. Ivan has entered 93 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.57
signature single · Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023
2,986
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.579.86
top 2.1%1,242 / 59,724
2×21.673.72
top 2.9%1,136 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves31.33
top 3.0%81 / 2,040
Pyraminx3.054.80
top 3.8%1,013 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed12.9023.88
top 4.3%626 / 15,683
4×433.7241.92
top 5.6%851 / 19,072
Skewb3.125.37
top 5.6%868 / 18,907
Clock5.616.89
top 6.0%467 / 8,927
6×61:54.612:02.74
top 8.9%315 / 4,196
5×51:07.821:11.31
top 10.1%796 / 9,401
7×72:59.323:06.45
top 10.5%283 / 3,184
Megaminx1:11.121:18.61
top 16.3%1,118 / 7,841
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 57:16—
top 18.2%125 / 731
3×3 blindfolded1:22.441:48.86
top 20.5%411 / 2,092
Square-117.6823.19
top 22.6%1,493 / 6,743
5×5 blindfolded14:27.00—
top 38.9%81 / 218
4×4 blindfolded7:47.759:55.44
top 42.5%177 / 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

Sharon Winter 2016: 23.22MIT Spring 2016: 17.35Quabbin Open 2016: 15.74Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 15.19UMass ODS Fall 2016: 15.94Quabbin Spring 2017: 12.47Michigan 2017: 12.58Howland High Fall 2017: 10.85Glass City Open 2017: 12.66Battle of Waterloo 2017: 12.25Maryland 2017: 11.66TJHSST Fall 2017: 11.96Rocky Top 2017: 10.16Wildcat Holiday 2017: 11.97Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 10.88Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 10.94CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 8.82Flag City Spring 2018: 9.78CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 12.29CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.42CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018: 10.77Cubing For LLS Fall 2018: 11.14Return to Toronto 2019: 10.04Arnold Classic North America 2019: 9.43Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 9.93Cubing For Kyle 2019: 9.88CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 10.41Peach State 2019: 8.98CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 11.82Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019: 9.82Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 9.39Ohio Valley Open 2022: 9.57Ohio State Fall Gray 2022: 9.62Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 7.57Country Roads Huntington 2023: 9.07Ohio State Spring First-Timers B 2023: 9.52Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 10.21Ohio State Summer Solving 2023: 9.95Little Giant Open 2023: 9.67Michigan 2023: 8.28Flag City Summer 2023: 9.40CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.37Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 9.83Cubing by the Kings 2023: 10.79Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 10.02CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 9.45Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024: 9.27Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024: 9.60Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.12Ohio Championship 2025: 10.237.5723.2230 Jan 201620 Dec 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.