People · United States
Ethan Jacob
3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022JACO16
Ethan Jacob has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.82, set at Minnesota Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,991st in the United States. Across 11 competitions since December 2022, he has put 205 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.11 in December 2022 to 12.82, a 36% improvement. Ethan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 12.82 | 16.27 | top 16.8% | 8,991 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 5.29 | top 18.7% | 7,342 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.65 | 31.58 | top 30.5% | 3,949 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.79 | 19.35 | top 32.0% | 5,331 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.95 | 8.55 | top 35.8% | 10,123 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.85 | — | top 70.5% | 12,668 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 36.53 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,133 / 8,927 |
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
- 23 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Day 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.81 at North Star Cubing Challenge 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at North Star Cubing Challenge 2023.
- 31 Dec 2022First competition: Race the Clock Minnesota 2022. A 20.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Race the Clock MN 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- OH Alright Mini-sota 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2023 · 30 Dec 2023
- Cubetcha 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Minnesota Cube Day 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Meetup II Wednesday 2023 · 28 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2022 · 31 Dec 2022
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shain Papalotl Longbehn — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Boyd Mayfield — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.