People · United States
Ethan Guantez
Pyraminx · top 7.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023GUAN04
Ethan Guantez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.04, set at Troy Story 2024, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,056th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2023, he has put 128 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.23 in November 2023 to 22.23, a 33% improvement. Ethan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.04 | 12.25 | top 7.9% | 2,056 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.82 | 18.59 | top 40.0% | 6,992 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 5.53 | 7.15 | top 45.7% | 18,772 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 22.23 | 27.25 | top 46.1% | 27,032 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 2:03.04 | — | top 83.1% | 15,756 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 33.48 | — | top 88.4% | 8,086 / 9,172 |
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
- 21 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Troy Story 2024.
- 31 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 27.05 at New York New Year 2024.
- 31 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at New York New Year 2024.
- 19 Nov 2023First competition: Hudson Valley 2023. A 33.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Spring Sprint 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Troy Story 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- New York New Year 2024 · 31 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 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.
- Aditya Arunkumar — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zach Ridall — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 19,128 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.