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Ethan Chen

Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019CHEE06

Ethan Chen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at Burnaby Basics 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Canada. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2019, he has put 822 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.43 in December 2019 to 9.60, a 42% improvement. Ethan has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time
2.07
signature single · Burnaby Basics 2024
822
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
Pyraminx2.073.51
top 1.3%44 / 4,858
2×21.652.06
top 2.8%187 / 7,173
Skewb3.015.55
top 5.0%81 / 2,907
3×39.6011.62
top 6.4%606 / 10,392
Square-114.3119.62
top 14.8%122 / 952
Clock8.6813.64
top 18.4%152 / 1,029
4×447.0653.67
top 20.9%524 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed22.5630.14
top 27.5%598 / 2,620
Megaminx1:46.572:03.72
top 38.5%403 / 1,375
5×52:01.562:15.47
top 50.2%664 / 1,499

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

Taiwan Championship 2019: 16.43UBC Open 2020: 17.20BC Cubing Comeback A 2021: 12.55Richmond Open B 2021: 11.50BC Cubing Springback B 2022: 10.60Cloverdale Open 2022: 11.64Richmond Open Summer A 2022: 11.92SnoCo Veteran's Weekend A 2022: 12.14Cubing on Par B 2023: 10.81BC Spring Solving B 2023: 10.53Vancouver Pride 2023: 12.23Canadian Championship 2023: 9.80Richmond Summer Open 2023: 9.60Lucky Lynnwood 2023: 10.68Vancouver Fall Fest 2023: 10.29UW or U Don't 2023: 10.09Canada's Best in the West 2024: 10.22Burnaby Basics 2024: 11.77Richmond Rumble 2024: 9.76Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024: 10.43Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024: 11.339.6017.2013 Dec 20199 Nov 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 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.