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Ethan Donecoff

3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014DONE02

Ethan Donecoff has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at ODU Big Blue Fall 2017, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,306th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2014, he has put 240 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in December 2014 to 8.67, a 53% improvement. Ethan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.67
signature single · ODU Big Blue Fall 2017
240
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.6711.05
top 4.1%2,306 / 59,724
2×23.003.38
top 14.2%5,587 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed24.1528.96
top 31.9%4,149 / 15,683
Pyraminx8.0512.86
top 36.6%10,373 / 28,708
4×41:15.081:32.64
top 51.7%8,728 / 19,072
Skewb10.9618.70
top 60.6%11,137 / 18,907

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

Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 18.28Virginia Open Spring 2015: 13.54Virginia Open Fall 2015: 13.97Dayton Spring 2016: 11.61ODU Big Blue Spring 2016: 11.73ODU Big Blue Winter 2016: 11.91ODU Big Blue Spring 2017: 9.47ODU Big Blue Fall 2017: 8.67RVA Spring 2018: 9.58ODU Big Blue Fall 2018: 10.35ODU Big Blue Fall 2019: 10.658.6718.2813 Dec 201423 Nov 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.