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Ethan Laon Kang

3×3 · top 40.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023KANG03

Ethan Laon Kang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.23, set at Pop Off Princeton 2025, puts him in the top 40.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,093rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2023, he has put 44 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.75 in February 2023 to 20.23, a 30% improvement. Ethan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.6% of 284,439 all-time
20.23
signature single · Pop Off Princeton 2025
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.2325.69
top 40.6%23,093 / 59,724
2×26.519.09
top 56.1%22,933 / 40,951

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

Northampton Winter A 2023: 28.75NJIT Spring 2023: 25.32PBs in Palisades 2023: 22.82Cubing in the Ocean County 2024: 20.52Pop Off Princeton 2025: 20.2320.2328.7525 Feb 202311 Jan 2025

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.