People · United States
Ethan Auch
2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015AUCH01
Ethan Auch has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Overland Park Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,535th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2015, he has put 228 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.06 in March 2015 to 2.22, a 63% improvement. Ethan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 3.36 | top 6.4% | 2,535 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.35 | 13.14 | top 8.5% | 4,677 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.45 | 19.93 | top 13.7% | 1,778 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.02 | 9.28 | top 20.2% | 5,404 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.84 | 11.57 | top 32.4% | 5,412 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 3:48.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,454 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Heartland Championships 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at KCubing Winter 2017.
- 29 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.06 at Lawrence Fall 2016.
- 29 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Lawrence Fall 2016.
- 10 Sep 2016Three personal bests in one day at KCubing Summer 2016.
- 18 Apr 2015First sub-20 3×3: 17.33 at Field of Cubes 2015.
Competitions
- KCubing Fall 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Heartland Championships 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Overland Park Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- KCubing Winter 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Lawrence Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- KCubing Summer 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Field of Cubes 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Lawrence Spring 2015 · 28 Mar 2015
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.
- Christopher Olson — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Wooden — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Cale Schoon — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.