People · United States
Ethan Kang
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KANG02
Ethan Kang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,690th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2022, he has put 436 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.02 in April 2022 to 8.98, a 40% improvement. Ethan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.98 | 10.45 | top 4.8% | 2,690 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.26 | 10.80 | top 6.4% | 985 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 6.78 | top 13.1% | 3,413 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 3.93 | top 20.6% | 8,067 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 50.49 | 56.06 | top 25.3% | 3,883 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.42 | 28.32 | top 27.2% | 3,511 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.78 | 2:30.39 | top 53.5% | 4,511 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:20.68 | 2:40.71 | top 56.7% | 4,259 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 46.61 | 1:04.72 | top 72.8% | 4,792 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 24.95 | — | top 76.6% | 6,714 / 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
- 20 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 18 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Berwick Spring 2024.
- 18 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Berwick Spring 2024.
- 25 Feb 2023Six personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 1 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Think In Fink Fall 2022.
Competitions
- Williamsburg Open Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Berwick Spring 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carson Widjaja — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Venuti — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.