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Ethan Issell

3×3 · top 47.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ISSE01

Ethan Issell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.74, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 47.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,866th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since January 2023, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.90 in January 2023 to 22.74, a 59% improvement. Ethan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 47.3% of 284,439 all-time
22.74
signature single · Australian Nationals 2023
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×322.7426.67
top 47.3%4,866 / 11,709
Pyraminx10.4017.37
top 56.1%3,275 / 5,993
2×27.5210.60
top 64.4%5,214 / 8,567

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

Melbourne Summer 2023: 54.90Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 38.44Australian Nationals 2023: 22.74MarsdeNxN 2024: 23.0222.7454.9020 Jan 202321 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.74 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.