People · United States
Ethan Howes
3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014HOWE01
Ethan Howes has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.52, set at Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,409th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since April 2014, he has put 169 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.85 in April 2014 to 12.52, a 34% 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 | 12.52 | 14.81 | top 15.7% | 8,409 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 4.83 | top 18.9% | 7,396 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.81 | 7.41 | top 24.3% | 3,947 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.85 | 8.85 | top 26.6% | 7,290 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.88 | 43.66 | top 58.9% | 8,225 / 15,683 |
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
- 11 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.26 at Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014.
- 1 Aug 2014Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2014.
- 27 Apr 2014First competition: Cornell Open Spring 2014. A 18.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mountains Open Up 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Cornell Open Spring 2014 · 27 Apr 2014
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.
- Kit Clement — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- James Hildreth — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Antoine Cantin — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.