People · United Kingdom
Ethan Liang
2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025LIAN06
Ethan Liang has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.75, set at Stevenage September 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 247th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2025, he has put 395 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.94 in April 2025 to 11.00, a 61% improvement. Ethan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.75 | 3.74 | top 3.3% | 247 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.73 | 7.05 | top 6.4% | 244 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 11.00 | 14.63 | top 10.5% | 752 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 5.24 | 9.58 | top 20.1% | 458 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.91 | 27.90 | top 25.8% | 471 / 1,851 | |
| Clock | 10.69 | 10.82 | top 28.5% | 376 / 1,232 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.72 | 2:14.43 | top 41.9% | 476 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.06 | 1:15.23 | top 46.9% | 1,018 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.88 | — | top 57.0% | 701 / 1,151 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 24 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2026.
- 11 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2026.
- 9 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage May 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Leeds Spring 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage March 2026.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Leeds Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
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.
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 74 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aidan Kinsella — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Sayed Hajaj — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.