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Ethan Hong
3×3 · top 32.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025HONG06
Ethan Hong has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.33, set at Lakewood Spring 2026, puts him in the top 32.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,732nd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 100 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.48 in March 2025 to 17.33, a 60% improvement. Ethan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 17.33 | 20.18 | top 32.0% | 17,732 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.10 | 5.86 | top 40.6% | 16,297 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,305 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.85 | 19.41 | top 84.7% | 24,992 / 28,708 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.33 at Lakewood Spring 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.58 at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: North Idaho Newcomers 2025. A 43.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Seattle Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- North Idaho Newcomers 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
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.
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabriel Goit — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brayden Whitby — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.33 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.