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Ethan Jiang

2×2 · top 14.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025JIAN04

Ethan Jiang has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.04, set at Berkeley Favorites 2026, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,760th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since February 2025, he has put 118 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.64 in February 2025 to 12.77, a 48% improvement. Ethan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.04
signature single · Berkeley Favorites 2026
118
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.045.00
top 14.7%5,760 / 40,951
3×312.7714.70
top 16.6%8,907 / 59,724
Skewb6.089.10
top 26.3%4,285 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed23.7530.75
top 30.8%3,984 / 15,683
Pyraminx11.2813.59
top 62.5%18,396 / 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

Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 24.64EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025: 22.22Belmont Spring 2025: 22.54Berkeley Fall 2025: 18.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025: 14.84Berkeley Favorites 2026: 14.28Belmont Spring 2026: 12.7712.7724.6423 Feb 20252 May 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.