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Ethan Chawla

2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018CHAW01

Ethan Chawla has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Harold Park Classic 2019, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2018, he has put 273 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.84 in April 2018 to 11.05, a 54% improvement. Ethan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.87
signature single · Harold Park Classic 2019
273
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.874.73
top 4.0%306 / 8,567
3×311.0513.54
top 10.6%946 / 11,709
Pyraminx5.199.06
top 14.4%686 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed21.7826.34
top 25.4%566 / 2,659
Square-132.59
top 54.3%532 / 899
4×41:32.64
top 65.6%1,878 / 3,051
Skewb14.7816.81
top 77.6%2,684 / 3,534
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves
early days — 1 solve403 / 468

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

Canberra Autumn 2018: 23.84Warm Up Sydney 2018: 17.26Australian Nationals 2018: 16.26Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 15.98Cool Down Sydney 2019: 14.68Koalafication Sydney 2019: 12.28Koalafication Canberra 2019: 13.71Warm Up Sydney 2019: 12.53WCA World Championship 2019: 12.24Harold Park Classic 2019: 12.09Fortitude Sydney 2019: 12.22Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 12.28Sydney Open 2019: 11.16Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 11.0511.0523.8421 Apr 20187 Mar 2020

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.

  • Sora Sato — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Loic Chiang — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Caleb Clark — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.