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Ethan Lee

3×3 · top 48.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011LEEE01

Ethan Lee has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.06, set at Mudd Fall 2019, puts him in the top 48.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,915th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2011, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 59.24 in May 2011 to 23.06, a 61% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 48.1% of 284,439 all-time
23.06
signature single · Mudd Fall 2019
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.0628.01
top 48.1%27,915 / 59,724
2×28.4711.30
top 70.6%29,179 / 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

San Diego 2011: 59.24Caltech Fall 2011: 32.30Mudd Fall 2019: 23.0623.0659.2428 May 20115 Oct 2019

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 3.06 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.