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Ivan Vanek

Square-1 · top 0.12% of 25,272 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015VANE01

Ivan Vanek has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 4.50, set at Michigan Mini 7 2023, puts him in the top 0.12% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in the United States. Until April 2022, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 62 competitions since November 2015, he has put 2,746 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.29 in November 2015 to 7.23, a 64% improvement. Ivan has entered 62 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.12% of 25,272 all-time
4.50
signature single · Michigan Mini 7 2023
2,746
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Square-14.507.38
top 0.12%15 / 6,743
2×21.121.98
top 0.82%340 / 40,951
3×37.238.42
top 1.6%980 / 59,724
Skewb2.296.24
top 2.2%323 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed13.4917.93
top 5.2%742 / 15,683
4×433.7338.19
top 5.6%852 / 19,072
Pyraminx3.805.80
top 6.7%1,713 / 28,708
Clock6.578.54
top 9.4%725 / 8,927
5×51:11.391:20.16
top 12.6%970 / 9,401
Megaminx1:09.591:21.00
top 15.4%1,047 / 7,841
6×62:29.242:44.97
top 25.3%903 / 4,196
7×74:05.904:30.02
top 33.0%922 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded2:19.23—
top 39.7%837 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves49.67
top 44.7%969 / 2,040

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

AZCubing Fall 2015: 20.29AZCubing Winter 2016: 16.18AZCubing Spring 2016: 13.47AZCubing Summer 2016: 14.25AZCubing Fall 2016: 12.82AZCubing Winter 2017: 12.86AZCubing Spring 2017: 10.85Cubing Comp at Hamilton 2017: 11.11AZCubing Summer 2017: 10.74AZCubing Hamilton Fall 2017: 11.42Cubic Meltdown 2017: 12.71AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018: 10.91CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.80AZCubing Summer 2018: 11.67AZCubing Open 2018: 8.70AZCubing Spring 2019: 10.00AZCubing Summer 2019: 8.67AZCubing Winter 2019: 8.46AZCubing Summer 2022: 8.04BeCubed Summer 2022: 8.26AZCubing Winter 2022: 8.19Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 8.33Utah Megacomp 2023: 8.21You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023: 8.17BeCubed Spring 2023: 8.83Never Stop Turning AZ 2023: 8.30Cubing in Glendale 2023: 7.72Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 8.27CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.55Bring the Heat AZ 2023: 8.61Michigan Mini 7 2023: 8.83Rapidly Grand 2023: 7.39Vegas Cubing Fall 2023: 9.50CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 7.97Sonoran Side Events 2023: 8.20Harmony El Paso Cubing 2023: 7.71Phoenix Cubing Open 2023: 8.66Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 8.63Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024: 7.57EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024: 9.31Arizona Championship 2024: 8.07Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024: 7.62Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 7.60CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 8.19Michigan Championship 2024: 7.71Michigan Mini 20 2024: 7.95Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.33CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 7.70Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024: 7.31St-Méloir-des-Ondes Breizh Open 2024: 7.23Carquef'Open 2025: 8.09French Championship 2025: 8.36Arizona Championship 2025: 8.63Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.72Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025: 8.87Bring the Heat AZ 2025: 7.657.2320.297 Nov 201519 Jul 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-4 Square-1 single — 11 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.