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Ethan Hickey
2×2 · top 4.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015HICK01
Ethan Hickey has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Bendigo Blitz 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 355th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2015, he has put 310 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.19 in March 2015 to 1.96, a 79% improvement. Ethan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 2.66 | top 4.5% | 355 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 10.50 | 13.43 | top 9.0% | 810 / 11,943 | |
| 4×4 | 45.19 | 50.59 | top 18.6% | 467 / 3,108 | |
| Skewb | 5.64 | 8.44 | top 23.1% | 624 / 3,589 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.58 | 8.22 | top 24.5% | 1,247 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.11 | 38.30 | top 39.7% | 921 / 2,685 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.81 | 2:01.43 | top 44.0% | 604 / 1,412 | |
| Megaminx | 2:35.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 847 / 1,313 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bendigo Blitz 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.18 at Geelong Winter 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 7 May 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.24 at Cube for Cambodia 2017.
- 19 Mar 2016Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Classic 2016.
Competitions
- Bendigo Blitz 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Belgrave Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Geelong Winter 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Connor's Cube Day 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Autumn 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
- Cubing Classic 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2015 · 3 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2015 · 31 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Autumn 2015 · 22 Mar 2015
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.
- Tommy Kiprillis — met in 65 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Wakelin — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Jack Beckett — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.