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Ethan Duke

3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017DUKE01

Ethan Duke has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.72, set at Husky Pride Seattle 2024, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,663rd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2017, he has put 44 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.92 in April 2017 to 9.72, a 70% improvement. Ethan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.72
signature single · Husky Pride Seattle 2024
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.7211.16
top 6.7%3,663 / 59,724
2×23.994.58
top 26.4%10,406 / 40,951
Megaminx1:51.171:58.30
top 41.0%2,979 / 7,841
7×74:36.175:05.91
early days — 3 solves1,246 / 3,184
6×63:13.633:17.94
top 47.5%1,779 / 4,196
4×41:24.30
early days — 2 solves10,276 / 19,072
5×52:18.38
early days — 2 solves5,159 / 9,401
Square-11:04.67
early days — 1 solve5,820 / 6,743

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

NovaCube 2017: 32.92Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 19.48Washtenaw Winter 2023: 10.91Husky Pride Seattle 2024: 9.729.7232.9229 Apr 201715 Jun 2024

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 1.72 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.