People · Australia
Ethan Cheang
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022CHEA01
Ethan Cheang has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.52, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2025, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 802nd in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2022, he has put 42 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.71 in February 2022 to 10.52, a 41% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.52 | 11.88 | top 9.0% | 802 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.77 | 28.11 | top 22.6% | 511 / 2,659 | |
| 2×2 | 4.38 | 4.80 | top 31.4% | 2,449 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.23 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,293 / 3,051 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.19 at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025.
- 12 Feb 2022First competition: Brilliant Ballarat 2022. A 17.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ben Wakelin — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Riley Dexter — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Myles Jarman — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.