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Ethan Bartel

2×2 · top 10.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BART14

Ethan Bartel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.65, set at Utah Ice Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,094th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.08 in October 2022 to 15.69, a 42% improvement. Ethan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.65
signature single · Utah Ice Cubing 2024
142
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.656.42
top 10.4%4,094 / 40,951
3×315.6922.81
top 26.8%14,636 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.7617.24
top 51.1%14,855 / 28,708
Skewb10.3813.70
top 57.3%10,445 / 18,907
4×41:25.051:41.58
top 59.9%10,392 / 19,072
Clock33.94
early days — 2 solves7,915 / 8,927

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

Utah Championship 2022: 27.08Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 23.97Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 23.20Back to School Utah 2023: 22.52Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 23.66CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 20.23Don't Blow Away Casper 2024: 15.69Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024: 17.1215.6927.0822 Oct 202224 Aug 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.