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Ethan Kopechek

2×2 · top 1.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024KOPE02

Ethan Kopechek has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.19, set at Clockin Kentucky 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 426th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since March 2024, he has put 1,036 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.94 in April 2024 to 9.66, a 46% improvement. Ethan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.0% of 189,179 all-time
1.19
signature single · Clockin Kentucky 2025
1,036
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.192.44
top 1.0%426 / 41,674
Skewb2.275.34
top 2.1%324 / 19,164
Pyraminx3.235.22
top 4.4%1,184 / 29,168
3×39.6611.23
top 6.6%3,670 / 60,666
Clock6.107.70
top 7.5%599 / 9,172
3×3 one-handed17.6120.70
top 14.2%1,861 / 15,900
4×442.5449.86
top 15.2%2,322 / 19,354
Square-129.6145.01
top 48.7%3,218 / 6,846
5×52:25.263:10.32
top 63.7%5,597 / 9,537

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

Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 17.94Green Spring 2024: 15.10Trains on Main La Grange 2024: 13.57Northern Kentucky 2024: 14.65Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 13.39Oldham County Cubing 2024: 9.71CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 16.44Flex in Lex 2024: 10.61Don't Pop Preble 2024: 10.18Return of the Ville KY 2025: 11.54NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 9.80Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 11.67Oldham County Spring 2025: 11.04Northern Kentucky 2025: 12.21Cubing on the Hill KY 2025: 10.52Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 10.05Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 9.90Oldham County Fall 2025: 11.17Bowling Green Fall 2025: 10.32Ohio Championship 2025: 9.66Lexington Winter 2025: 10.47Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 10.10Oldham County Summer 2026: 10.08Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026: 12.14Flex in Lex 2026: 10.369.6617.9427 Apr 202417 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.