People · Australia
Ethan Burbush
2×2 · top 7.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021BURB01
Ethan Burbush has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 586th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2021, he has put 240 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.53 in January 2021 to 2.37, a 48% improvement. Ethan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.59 | top 7.7% | 586 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 10.88 | 12.95 | top 10.2% | 917 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.81 | 11.55 | top 34.7% | 1,856 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.85 | 34.68 | top 41.6% | 975 / 2,685 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.76 | — | top 60.5% | 1,731 / 3,108 | |
| Square-1 | 52.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 754 / 920 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 58 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 432 / 474 |
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
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Brilliant Ballarat 2023.
- 17 Apr 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021.
- 17 Apr 2021Four personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021First competition: Melbourne Summer 2021. A 16.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Brilliant Ballarat 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Riley Dexter — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lennon Hughes — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.