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Ethan Gimbel

2×2 · top 40.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016GIMB02

Ethan Gimbel has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.10, set at Shaker Spring 2017, puts him in the top 40.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,297th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2016, he has put 24 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.11 in December 2016 to 21.47, a 26% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 40.6% of 186,767 all-time
5.10
signature single · Shaker Spring 2017
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.106.62
top 40.6%16,297 / 40,951
3×321.4723.02
top 44.0%25,310 / 59,724

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

Shaker Fall 2016: 29.11Shaker Spring 2017: 22.68Shaker Fall 2017: 21.4721.4729.1110 Dec 20162 Dec 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 10 Dec 2016First competition: Shaker Fall 2016. A 29.11 3×3 single to start from.

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 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.