People · Ecuador
Ethan Damien Tarco
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018TARC01
Ethan Damien Tarco has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Tulcan Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Ecuador. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2018, he has put 336 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.62 in January 2018 to 7.83, an 81% improvement. Ethan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.83 | 11.30 | top 2.5% | 14 / 1,104 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.43 | 6.17 | top 5.2% | 17 / 394 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 4.07 | top 7.6% | 43 / 686 | |
| Skewb | 4.56 | 8.75 | top 14.9% | 26 / 165 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.58 | 22.71 | top 16.6% | 46 / 243 | |
| 4×4 | 45.63 | 50.36 | top 19.1% | 52 / 272 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.88 | 1:48.52 | top 34.6% | 48 / 115 | |
| Clock | 13.41 | — | early days — 3 solves | 19 / 56 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.27 | 2:04.22 | top 47.6% | 58 / 108 | |
| Square-1 | 31.61 | 41.77 | top 52.5% | 17 / 36 |
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
- 2 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.83 at Tulcan Open 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Tulcan Open 2023.
- 26 Aug 2022Eight personal bests in one day at Ecuador Nationals 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at Ibarra Open 2022.
- 9 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.17 at Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019.
Competitions
- Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tulcan Open 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2022 · 26 Aug 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Ibarra Open 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Sin Fronteras Championship 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tulcan Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018
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.
- Jhonatan Caicedo — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Diego Alejandro Casas Jimenez — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Ronny Morocho — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.