People · United States
Ethan Kent
2×2 · top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022KENT02
Ethan Kent has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Think In Fink Fall 2022, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,062nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2022, he has put 185 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.76 in June 2022 to 16.37, a 41% improvement. Ethan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 5.65 | top 7.8% | 3,062 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.60 | 8.05 | top 24.6% | 6,731 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 16.37 | 21.12 | top 29.0% | 15,898 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.35 | 12.36 | top 36.4% | 6,191 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.00 | 1:00.68 | top 71.6% | 10,305 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:55.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,699 / 19,072 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.65 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 17 Jun 2022First competition: Pennsylvania Championship 2022. A 27.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Cumberland County Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 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.
- Jacob Nobili — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zach Ridall — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nathaniel Bryson — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.