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Ethan Barnes

3×3 · top 64.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009BARN01

Ethan Barnes has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.02, set at Indiana Winter 2010, puts him in the top 64.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38,503rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2009, he has put 32 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.90 in July 2009 to 31.02, a 20% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 64.3% of 284,439 all-time
31.02
signature single · Indiana Winter 2010
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×331.0235.05
top 64.3%38,503 / 59,724
4×42:16.162:30.04
top 87.9%16,687 / 19,072
2×216.0921.72
top 92.0%38,231 / 40,951
5×54:19.30
top 93.9%8,921 / 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

Indiana Summer Open 2009: 38.90Thankscubing Day 2009: 32.86Indiana Winter 2010: 31.0231.0238.9025 Jul 200927 Feb 2010

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 16.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.