Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Ethan Armbrust

People · United States

Ethan Armbrust

3×3 · top 57.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008ARMB01

Ethan Armbrust has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.22, set at Toronto Open Winter 2009, puts him in the top 57.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33,870th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2008, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.11 in November 2008 to 27.22, a 15% improvement. Ethan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 57.3% of 284,439 all-time
27.22
signature single · Toronto Open Winter 2009
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.2231.67
top 57.3%33,870 / 59,724
2×28.1410.45
top 68.7%28,422 / 40,951
5×53:16.22
top 83.0%7,612 / 9,401

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

Toronto Open Fall 2008: 32.11Toronto Open Winter 2009: 27.2227.2232.111 Nov 20087 Mar 2009

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.