People · Australia
Ethan Li
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024LIET01
Ethan Li has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.90, set at Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 257th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2024, he has put 40 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 14.05 in January 2024 to 7.90, a 44% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.90 | 12.95 | top 2.6% | 257 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 4.01 | 5.22 | top 26.6% | 2,067 / 8,567 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 7.90 at Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026.
- 6 Jan 2024First competition: Cubing at The Cube 2024. A 16.45 3×3 single to start from.
- 6 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at Cubing at The Cube 2024.
Competitions
- Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Peri Le Dain — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Archimedes Dines — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack McCarley — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.