People · United States
Ethan Li
3×3 · top 8.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016LIET01
Ethan Li has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.34, set at Maryland 2018, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,658th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2016, he has put 66 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.59 in January 2016 to 10.34, a 24% improvement. Ethan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.34 | 12.46 | top 8.5% | 4,658 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 56.78 | 1:01.18 | top 32.8% | 5,238 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.95 | 1:57.72 | top 46.7% | 3,879 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.67 | 39.53 | top 56.7% | 7,880 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:20.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,501 / 2,092 |
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
- 30 Jan 2016First competition: Slow N Steady Winter 2016. A 13.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maryland 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
- Severna Park Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016
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.
- Aubrey Trace — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Josh Bloch — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jonathan Tilahun — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 6.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.