People · United States
Ethan Chang
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016CHAN01
Ethan Chang has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.74, set at Rose City 2017, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,268th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2016, he has put 104 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.15 in January 2016 to 10.74, a 66% improvement. Ethan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.74 | 11.97 | top 9.7% | 5,268 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 8.69 | top 16.8% | 4,461 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 4.85 | top 19.7% | 7,726 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.29 | 1:30.53 | top 60.1% | 10,431 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 40.45 | 1:01.34 | top 65.9% | 4,334 / 6,743 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.36 at Keep Portland Weird 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.03 at Keep Portland Weird 2017.
- 5 Mar 2016First sub-30 3×3: 22.53 at PDX Cubing Alpha 2016.
- 9 Jan 2016First competition: Oregon State Alpha 2016. A 31.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oregon State 2018 · 24 Feb 2018
- Rose City 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing Alpha 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon State Alpha 2016 · 9 Jan 2016
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.
- Tyler Halgren — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kit Clement — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.