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Ethan Cowlbeck

2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014COWL01

Ethan Cowlbeck has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,444th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since January 2014, he has put 1,048 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.01 in January 2014 to 10.15, a 71% improvement. Ethan has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.82
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2023
1,048
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.823.72
top 3.7%1,444 / 40,951
3×310.1512.48
top 7.9%4,357 / 59,724
Skewb3.606.83
top 8.3%1,288 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.587.81
top 10.7%2,793 / 28,708
Clock7.287.98
top 12.1%917 / 8,927
4×440.6147.49
top 12.8%1,896 / 19,072
5×51:20.801:34.72
top 19.7%1,544 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed19.8127.36
top 20.0%2,568 / 15,683
6×62:51.713:05.01
top 36.9%1,334 / 4,196
7×74:43.445:05.97
top 45.6%1,325 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded3:33.62—
top 61.9%1,292 / 2,092

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

Blizzard Town 2014: 35.01Indiana 2014: 19.81Indiana 2015: 16.80Michigan 2018: 19.79Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 12.523rd Coast Cubing 2019: 14.12Indiana 2019: 14.15Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 14.67Buccaneer Bonanza 2022: 12.70NxNaperville 2022: 11.05CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 11.91Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 12.25Imagination Station A 2023: 11.04Washtenaw Winter 2023: 11.92Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 13.43Everything in Evanston B 2023: 13.29NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 14.17Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 12.41Michigan 2023: 12.88CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.32Rapidly Grand 2023: 12.25Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023: 13.24Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 13.23CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 12.15Lincoln Library Cubing 2024: 12.01Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 14.53Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 11.72CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 12.37DFW Cubing Fall 2024: 10.1510.1535.0111 Jan 201426 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.