People · United States
Ethan Cwiakala
3×3 · top 12.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022CWIA01
Ethan Cwiakala has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.53, set at Northampton Fall B 2023, puts him in the top 12.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,598th in the United States. Across 17 competitions since March 2022, he has put 346 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.76 in March 2022 to 11.53, a 31% improvement. Ethan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 11.53 | 13.45 | top 12.3% | 6,598 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 8.60 | top 14.5% | 3,796 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 5.04 | top 14.6% | 5,719 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.46 | 9.45 | top 21.7% | 3,456 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.34 | 1:27.24 | top 48.2% | 8,053 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.16 | 56.99 | top 64.1% | 9,078 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 24.39 | 30.98 | top 75.6% | 6,606 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 3:16.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,642 / 9,401 |
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
- 7 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.65 at Puzzling in Providence 2023.
- 26 Mar 2022First competition: Happy Valley Spring 2022. A 16.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- The Battle of Lexington 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Northampton Fall B 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023
- Saint John's Scramble 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Fall River Cubikon 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling in Providence 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cambridge 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
- Loon Cubikon 2022 · 20 Nov 2022
- Naticube 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Fast In Mass 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
- Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint John's Spring 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Valley Spring 2022 · 26 Mar 2022
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.
- Charles Amarello — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.