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Ethan Gabriel R. Lao

3×3 · top 0.23% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016LAOE01

Ethan Gabriel R. Lao has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.44, set at GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.23% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in the Philippines. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since December 2016, he has put 1,565 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.92 in December 2016 to 5.44, a 71% improvement. Ethan has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.23% of 284,439 all-time
5.44
signature single · GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026
1,565
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×35.447.18
top 0.23%20 / 6,270
4×429.9835.22
top 2.8%64 / 2,135
Skewb3.128.01
top 5.6%85 / 1,320
2×22.133.26
top 5.7%205 / 4,257
5×51:02.451:08.38
top 6.9%69 / 928
3×3 one-handed14.6217.05
top 7.3%166 / 2,440
6×62:13.142:34.30
top 16.9%63 / 298
Megaminx1:12.411:18.90
top 17.1%120 / 690
Square-125.8250.62
top 41.0%176 / 374
Pyraminx9.2610.92
top 47.1%1,384 / 2,621
Clock14.9621.88
top 47.8%302 / 534
7×75:27.69—
early days — 1 solve180 / 275
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve130 / 189

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

Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2016: 18.92Cube Ala-eh II 2017: 13.86Extra Rise Open 2017: 11.66Best Open 2017: 11.35Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 12.17Philippine Championship 2017: 10.29Cube Ala-Eh III 2018: 7.97Marikina City Open 2018: 9.93Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018: 11.99Antipolo City Cube Open 2018: 8.43Fairview Cube Day 2018: 11.04PSC Open 2018: 12.63Philippine Championship 2018: 8.50Antipolo City Cube Open II 2019: 8.92Metro Speedcubing Open 2019: 8.69Luzon Championship 2019: 8.69Philippine Championship 2019: 8.91Marikina City Open II 2019: 7.76Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2019: 7.90Parity at Charis 2020: 8.41Cube Ala-Eh V 2020: 7.80Summer Warm Up Mangaldan 2022: 7.21Cavite Speedcubing Open IV 2023: 8.03Luzon Championship 2023: 7.18Laguna Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.03WCC Speedcubing Open 2023: 7.43Laguna Speedcubing Open II 2023: 6.76San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2023: 7.32Algorithms in Antipolo 2023: 7.78Valenzuela Cubing Open 2023: 6.03Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open 2023: 6.48Quezon City Open 2023: 6.36Baguio Speedcubing Open 2023: 6.90Let's Cube Laguna 2023: 7.06Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open II 2023: 6.37Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024: 7.23MnM Caloocan Cubing Fest 2024: 6.32Pasig Summer Sides 2024: 7.43General Trias Speedcubing Open III 2024: 7.07Quezon City Open II 2024: 6.01Cavite Speedcubing Open VIII 2024: 6.57Philippine Championship 2024: 6.59Makati Speedcubing Open 2024: 6.67Luzon Championship 2025: 7.01Caloocan Speedcubing Open 2025: 6.95Novaliches Speedcubing Open 2025: 6.58Pinoy Side Events Open 2025: 7.36South Park Center Muntinlupa Speedcubing Open 2025: 6.97Las Piñas Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 6.95SM Manila Speedcubing Warm-Up 2025: 5.93Philippine Championship 2025: 6.51Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025: 6.12QC Speedcubing Open 2025: 6.34Makati Speedcubing Open IV 2025: 6.40GAN Odd-yssey Ortigas 2025: 6.41Legazpi City Speedcubing Open 2025: 6.54Cavite Speedcubing Open XIII 2026: 6.68GANCUBE Pasig Speedcubing Open 2026: 6.80GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026: 5.44GAN Philippine Championship 2026: 5.81MnM CaMaNaVa Majors 2026: 6.045.4418.9218 Dec 201616 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.