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Essey Kidane
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025KIDA02
Essey Kidane has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.72, set at Eugene Spring 2026, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,237th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2025, he has put 39 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.02 in December 2025 to 10.72, a 57% improvement. Essey has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.72 | 16.09 | top 9.6% | 5,237 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 8.12 | top 24.6% | 9,640 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.96 | — | early days — 3 solves | 11,372 / 15,683 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-20 3×3: 10.72 at Eugene Spring 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 10.72 at Eugene Spring 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025First competition: Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025. A 25.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seattle Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Eugene Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
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.
- Steph Prze — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tripp Peters — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- William Greninger — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.