People · United States
Ethan Custodio
3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019CUST01
Ethan Custodio has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 827th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2019, he has put 218 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.13 in April 2019 to 6.98, a 59% improvement. Ethan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.98 | 8.08 | top 1.3% | 827 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 3.57 | top 4.8% | 1,938 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 36.26 | 41.93 | top 8.0% | 1,225 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.49 | 5.56 | top 10.2% | 2,697 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.98 | 20.55 | top 10.3% | 1,379 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 12.80 | 15.24 | top 11.6% | 814 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 4.32 | 6.06 | top 13.2% | 2,068 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.12 | 1:33.84 | top 22.6% | 1,583 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 3:15.57 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,708 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 46.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,868 / 9,172 |
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
- 9 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025.
- 10 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.67 at UMBC Spring 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Spring 2025.
- 22 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.50 at Northern Virginia Summer 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Northern Virginia Summer 2019.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Virginia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Qualifier 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Brad Hoffman — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Zayn Khanani — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.