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Ethan French
Clock · top 9.5% of 32,048 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024FREN01
Ethan French has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.60, set at Arizona Championship 2026, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 733rd in the United States. Until June 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2024, he has put 363 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.38 in March 2024 to 15.54, an 11% improvement. Ethan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.60 | 8.23 | top 9.5% | 733 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 4.50 | top 10.4% | 4,094 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.10 | 5.91 | top 11.6% | 1,794 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.36 | 7.98 | top 22.7% | 6,119 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 15.54 | 18.87 | top 26.2% | 14,324 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.52 | 1:21.32 | top 49.3% | 8,262 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 41.53 | 49.37 | top 67.3% | 4,423 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.80 | 2:36.88 | top 67.6% | 5,909 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.97 | 56.33 | top 68.0% | 9,717 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 3:27.89 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,605 / 7,841 |
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
- 17 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2026.
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024. A 17.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Prescott Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Arizona Favorites 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Championship 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bring the Heat AZ 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2024 · 10 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Arizona Championship 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
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.
- Jeremy Bulambot — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dan Tran — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mia Sponseller — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.