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Ethan Higa
Pyraminx · top 5.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025HIGA01
Ethan Higa has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.56, set at McMinnville Favorites 2026, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,476th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2025, he has put 108 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.24 in April 2025 to 3.56, a 32% 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 | 3.56 | 4.47 | top 5.7% | 1,476 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 18.61 | 22.68 | top 36.0% | 20,183 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.38 | 6.20 | top 44.0% | 17,733 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.76 | 56.17 | top 73.5% | 10,651 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 3:02.54 | — | early days — 1 solve | 18,581 / 19,072 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Sep 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.61 at Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at McMinnville Favorites 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025First sub-30 3×3: 24.72 at Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: Worlds Warmup Hillsboro 2025. A 42.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Northwest Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- McMinnville Favorites 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle Ground 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Worlds Warmup Hillsboro 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 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.
- Clancy Caster — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tripp Peters — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.