People · Australia
Ethan Gauci
3×3 · top 6.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017GAUC01
Ethan Gauci has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.60, set at Canberra Spring 2024, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 587th in Australia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2017, he has put 519 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.38 in November 2017 to 9.60, a 62% improvement. Ethan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.60 | 11.18 | top 6.4% | 587 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.14 | 7.20 | top 8.4% | 390 / 6,109 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.90 | 1:20.04 | top 16.8% | 204 / 1,313 | |
| Skewb | 4.82 | 7.47 | top 16.9% | 447 / 3,589 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 4.28 | top 17.9% | 1,367 / 8,727 | |
| 4×4 | 45.73 | 51.24 | top 19.3% | 480 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.63 | 1:57.07 | top 38.1% | 527 / 1,412 | |
| Clock | 16.36 | 18.90 | top 53.2% | 582 / 1,159 | |
| 6×6 | 4:46.82 | 5:05.24 | top 78.8% | 523 / 667 | |
| Square-1 | 57.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 794 / 920 |
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
- 9 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Canberra Spring 2024.
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Canberra Spring 2024.
- 4 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.48 at Goulburn Open 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Goulburn Open 2024.
Competitions
- Thirroul Beachside Twist 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026 · 2 Oct 2026
- Canberra Spring Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wagga Autumn 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Orange 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Goulburn Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Canberra Spring 2017 · 4 Nov 2017
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.
- Vincent Hua — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- James Kirschner — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Pavan Kumar Krishnan Swaminathan — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.