People · United States
Lionel Ip
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024IPLI01
Lionel Ip has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.83, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,503rd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2024, he has put 54 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.62 in March 2024 to 8.83, a 24% improvement. Lionel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.83 | 10.31 | top 4.5% | 2,503 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.79 | 19.80 | top 14.5% | 1,891 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 47.05 | 54.88 | top 20.9% | 3,174 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 4.38 | top 24.3% | 9,537 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 13.20 | 14.73 | top 40.5% | 3,221 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 40.11 | 57.68 | top 65.5% | 4,298 / 6,743 |
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
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.83 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024. A 11.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
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.
- Matthew Ketroser — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ethan Lin — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ethan Mendelson — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.