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Ethan Crislip

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010CRIS01

Ethan Crislip has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Ohio Fall 2011, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,165th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since January 2010, he has put 890 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.91 in January 2010 to 8.55, a 72% improvement. Ethan has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.55
signature single · Ohio Fall 2011
890
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5510.85
top 3.8%2,165 / 59,724
2×21.883.31
top 4.0%1,585 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed13.0117.94
top 4.4%646 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.277.87
top 9.0%2,335 / 28,708
4×41:01.311:12.10
top 37.9%6,125 / 19,072

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

Washington DC Open 2010: 30.91Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 16.88Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010: 13.69Ohio Open 2010: 13.55Battle of Lexington 2010: 11.81Cat and Mouse 2010: 14.80United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 12.72Virginia Open 2010: 10.34River Hill Fall 2010: 12.44Washington DC Winter 2011: 12.52Dayton Blind 2011: 11.31UIndy Open 2011: 10.25Park Ridge Open 2011: 11.22Ohio Open 2011: 11.00United States National Championships 2011: 9.05Appalachia 2011: 9.61World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 10.66Ohio Fall 2011: 8.55Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012: 9.83New Albany 2012: 9.72River Hill Summer 2012: 10.33United States National Championships 2012: 10.08Battle of Appalachia 2012: 10.27Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012: 10.22Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012: 9.52River Hill Winter 2013: 10.27Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 9.758.5530.9130 Jan 201018 Jun 2016

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.

  • Jim Mertens — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
  • Evan Liu — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
  • Chester Lian — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 32 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.