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Ethan Kirkland

3×3 · top 85.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015KIRK01

Ethan Kirkland has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 49.18, set at Cape Town Open 2016, puts him in the top 85.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,716th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since February 2015, he has put 8 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:49.63 in February 2015 to 49.18, a 55% improvement. Ethan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 85.4% of 284,439 all-time
49.18
signature single · Cape Town Open 2016
8
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×349.1857.78
top 85.4%1,716 / 2,164

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

Pops Toys Summer 2015: 1:49.63Cape Town Open 2016: 49.1849.181:49.6321 Feb 201526 Jun 2016

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 9.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.