People · United Kingdom
Ethan Li
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LIET02
Ethan Li has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.82, set at Wiltshire Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 202nd in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2023, he has put 421 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.80 in May 2023 to 7.82, a 62% improvement. Ethan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.82 | 9.92 | top 2.5% | 202 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 5.33 | top 8.0% | 545 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 40.04 | 45.26 | top 12.2% | 280 / 2,071 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.15 | 8.23 | top 14.1% | 540 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.86 | 26.90 | top 14.7% | 279 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 6.18 | 8.96 | top 27.2% | 633 / 2,421 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.18 | 2:18.18 | top 48.8% | 600 / 1,151 | |
| Megaminx | 2:37.16 | — | top 64.7% | 735 / 966 | |
| Clock | 39.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,177 / 1,232 |
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
- 8 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Stevenage June 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at Stevenage September 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023Six personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.23 at Wiltshire Summer 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2023.
- 27 May 2023First competition: Hampshire Spring 2023. A 20.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Stevenage July 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Wiltshire Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hampshire Summer 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Harry Allen — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Ryan Chan — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
- Adam Devere — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.