People · United States
Ethan Garcia
2×2 · top 12.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023GARC14
Ethan Garcia has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.87, set at New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,017th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2023, he has put 124 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.01 in February 2023 to 2.87, a 64% improvement. Ethan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 5.25 | top 12.8% | 5,017 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 17.82 | 20.87 | top 33.6% | 18,657 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 30.67 | 40.87 | top 50.6% | 3,313 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.73 | 19.82 | top 50.9% | 14,789 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.26 | 1:52.12 | top 65.3% | 11,520 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:39.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,173 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 14.74 | 20.59 | top 77.4% | 14,754 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 44.53 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,544 / 8,927 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-30 3×3: 21.01 at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.82 at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 26 Feb 2023First competition: Cedar Park Winter 2023. A 30.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026 · 2 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Cedar Park Winter 2023 · 26 Feb 2023
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.
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brandon McClelland — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Conard — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.