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Ethan Lanlua

3×3 · top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019LANL01

Ethan Lanlua has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.10, set at Agoura Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,523rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2019, he has put 80 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.57 in January 2019 to 13.10, a 54% improvement. Ethan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.10
signature single · Agoura Cubing 2023
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.1017.95
top 17.8%9,523 / 59,724
2×24.786.01
top 36.5%14,600 / 40,951
Skewb7.4514.40
top 37.1%6,336 / 18,907
Square-137.921:02.24
top 62.7%4,137 / 6,743
4×41:33.78
early days — 2 solves11,728 / 19,072
Pyraminx11.9615.52
top 66.9%19,789 / 28,708
5×53:22.17
early days — 2 solves7,815 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed1:05.04
early days — 2 solves13,127 / 15,683
Megaminx3:47.31
early days — 2 solves7,049 / 7,841

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

Another Bruin Cube Day 2019: 28.57West LA Spring 2019: 21.57Nisei Week 2019: 22.10Mudd Fall 2019: 15.05Mudd Winter 2020: 17.00Agoura Cubing 2023: 13.1013.1028.5712 Jan 201917 Jun 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.