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Ethan Jan

3×3 · top 0.058% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014JANE02

Ethan Jan has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.62, set at Berkeley Spring 2025, puts him in the top 0.058% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in the United States. Until October 2017, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since December 2014, he has put 2,158 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.43 in December 2014 to 4.62, an 88% improvement. Ethan has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.058% of 284,439 all-time
4.62
signature single · Berkeley Spring 2025
2,158
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.625.99
top 0.058%35 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed8.179.53
top 0.24%36 / 15,683
4×423.6127.69
top 0.43%77 / 19,072
2×21.221.60
top 1.1%461 / 40,951
5×549.3753.70
top 1.6%141 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded24.1330.33
top 2.7%51 / 2,092
Pyraminx3.015.15
top 3.7%971 / 28,708
Megaminx48.8149.17
top 4.6%327 / 7,841
Square-19.8314.99
top 5.8%422 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31.33
top 6.2%149 / 2,040
Skewb4.246.04
top 12.6%1,952 / 18,907
6×62:11.372:16.47
top 16.0%568 / 4,196
7×73:44.484:05.90
top 25.1%708 / 3,184
Clock24.4227.23
top 75.7%6,615 / 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

Newport Winter Open 2014: 39.43San Diego Summer Splash 2015: 25.03Irvine Fall 2015: 16.39Newport Spring 2016: 9.76St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 10.88US Nationals 2016: 9.05Qualifornia 2017: 9.36OCSEF Open 2017: 8.14Nisei Week 2017: 7.83Newport Fall 2017: 7.42Thanks for the InFive 2018: 7.06CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.52Taiwan Championship 2018: 7.35Las Vegas Spring 2019: 6.86CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 7.13Nisei Week 2019: 6.51West LA Winter 2020: 6.04WCC Western Championship 2022: 6.11Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 5.21Berkeley Summer 2023: 6.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 5.98Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 5.51Davis Fall 2023: 5.87Berkeley Fall 2023: 5.34Berkeley Winter 2024: 4.99Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 6.41Berkeley Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 5.34Berkeley Spring 2024: 6.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 5.96Berkeley Fall 2024: 6.06Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 5.45Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 5.80Berkeley November Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 5.75Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 6.75Berkeley January Weekday Tricubealon 2025: 6.12Berkeley Winter 2025: 5.80Berkeley Spring 2025: 4.62Berkeley March Weekday NxN 2025: 5.67Davis Spring 2025: 5.36Berkeley Pre-Cal Day Tricubealon 2025: 5.82Berkeley April Weekday Tricubealon 2025: 5.60Berkeley August Weekday 2025: 4.77Benicia Open 2025: 5.60Berkeley September Weekday 2025: 5.77Berkeley Fall 2025: 5.09Berkeley October Weekday 2025: 5.39Cool Down Berkeley 2025: 5.33Berkeley November Weekday 2025: 5.70Berkeley December Weekday 2025: 5.83Berkeley January Weekday 2026: 5.75Berkeley February Weekday 2026: 5.74Berkeley Favorites 2026: 5.82Berkeley Pre-Cal Day 2026: 5.75Berkeley Spring 2026: 5.64Berkeley May Weekday 2026: 5.46Mountain House Open 2026: 5.36Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 5.614.6239.436 Dec 201429 Aug 2026

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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.