People · United States
Ariel Etchison
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022ETCH01
Ariel Etchison has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.11, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,856th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2022, he has put 124 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.42 in February 2022 to 9.11, a 45% improvement. Ariel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.11 | 11.62 | top 5.1% | 2,856 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 4.54 | top 20.1% | 7,889 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 54.22 | 56.56 | top 29.8% | 4,671 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.23 | 2:03.79 | top 42.0% | 3,412 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.27 | 35.18 | top 44.9% | 6,075 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.33 | 10.65 | top 47.6% | 13,746 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.63 | 2:42.82 | top 49.0% | 3,640 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:14.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,745 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 17.03 | — | early days — 3 solves | 16,151 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 7:59.86 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,847 / 3,184 |
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 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 2 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024.
- 28 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.89 at Country Roads Huntington 2022.
- 12 Feb 2022First competition: Cape Fear 2022. A 16.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cape Fear 2022 · 12 Feb 2022
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.
- Isaiah Scott — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Andreas Lambropoulos — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Samuel Lee — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.