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Ethan Cheng

2×2 · top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017CHEE05

Ethan Cheng has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Harold Park Classic 2019, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,370th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since December 2017, he has put 97 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.59 in December 2017 to 14.47, a 33% improvement. Ethan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.34
signature single · Harold Park Classic 2019
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.344.65
top 18.3%1,370 / 8,567
3×314.4716.34
top 22.6%2,050 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed21.5731.59
top 24.8%556 / 2,659
Pyraminx8.8416.25
top 43.4%2,381 / 5,993
4×41:11.141:21.94
top 48.0%1,286 / 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

Sydney Championship 2017: 21.59Koalafication Sydney 2019: 20.81Harold Park Classic 2019: 15.28Fortitude Sydney 2019: 14.47Sydney Open 2019: 15.42Going to The Gong 2020: 14.9214.4721.5916 Dec 201716 Feb 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.

  • Samuel Moliver — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Justin He — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Fiona Wang — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.