People · United States
Ethan Gotshall
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022GOTS03
Ethan Gotshall has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.51, set at Idaho Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,154th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2022, he has put 469 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.17 in November 2022 to 8.51, a 47% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.51 | 9.57 | top 3.8% | 2,154 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.38 | 4.93 | top 5.0% | 1,322 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 2.91 | top 6.2% | 2,490 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.09 | 21.99 | top 6.4% | 885 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 42.40 | 50.59 | top 15.0% | 2,293 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 4.77 | 7.05 | top 16.5% | 2,628 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:59.93 | 3:08.72 | top 33.5% | 696 / 2,128 | |
| Square-1 | 22.58 | 30.57 | top 33.8% | 2,226 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.76 | 2:01.04 | top 41.2% | 3,380 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 14.16 | 16.85 | top 44.5% | 3,671 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.47 | 2:23.99 | top 49.0% | 3,717 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | 51.67 | early days — 3 solves | 1,592 / 2,059 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Idaho Championship 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Idaho Championship 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Spokane Spring 2024.
- 30 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.85 at Spokane Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Spokane Winter PBQ 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Idaho Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Idaho Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Spokane Spring 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Spokane Winter 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Spokane Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sandpoint The North Awakens 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Tri Cities Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Spokane Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jeremiah Rummerfield — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Ethan George Hayes — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Coleman Vaughn — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.