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Ethan Leigh Brown

2×2 · top 35.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017BROW10

Ethan Leigh Brown has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.72, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 35.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,803rd in Australia. Across 12 competitions since September 2017, he has put 173 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.92 in September 2017 to 23.91, a 46% improvement. Ethan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 35.8% of 186,767 all-time
4.72
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
173
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×24.725.85
top 35.8%2,803 / 8,567
Skewb7.378.62
top 36.5%1,077 / 3,534
Pyraminx9.1611.12
top 46.2%2,580 / 5,993
3×323.9125.67
top 50.1%5,218 / 11,709

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

Brisbane Winter 2017: 43.92Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 42.03Brisbane Winter 2018: 42.72Warm Up Sydney 2018: 38.46Northside Cube Day 2019: 34.66Koalafication Brisbane 2019: 34.47WCA World Championship 2019: 33.74Gold Coast Spring 2019: 32.37Queensland Open 2022: 24.27 Runaway Bay Saturday Challenge 2022: 28.63Northside Spring Sunday 2022: 23.91Australian Nationals 2023: 25.7923.9143.9216 Sep 201728 Sep 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.