People · United States
Ethan Lai
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LAIE01
Ethan Lai has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.76, set at A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,403rd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2019, he has put 64 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.84 in August 2019 to 8.76, a 19% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.76 | 12.03 | top 4.3% | 2,403 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 10.89 | 13.08 | top 7.8% | 564 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 5.05 | 10.36 | top 18.5% | 2,948 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 4.19 | 4.90 | top 28.9% | 11,485 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.04 | 42.25 | top 57.3% | 7,985 / 15,683 |
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
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023.
- 31 Aug 2019First competition: San Diego Summer 2019. A 11.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Amogh Adluri — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Michael Young — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Elijah Brown — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.