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Ethan Lim

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LIME01

Ethan Lim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at SacCubing XIX 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,277th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2023, he has put 411 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.85 in January 2023 to 8.64, a 49% improvement. Ethan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.64
signature single · SacCubing XIX 2025
411
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.6410.85
top 4.0%2,277 / 59,724
Skewb2.884.53
top 4.4%679 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.026.68
top 7.8%1,983 / 28,708
2×22.564.34
top 9.5%3,749 / 40,951
4×440.9148.78
top 13.2%1,960 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed17.3221.83
top 13.4%1,727 / 15,683
Clock9.3510.55
top 21.8%1,678 / 8,927
5×51:43.671:47.37
top 38.1%3,052 / 9,401
Square-126.3133.16
top 42.0%2,730 / 6,743
6×64:23.744:36.34
early days — 3 solves2,881 / 4,196

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

Berkeley Winter B 2023: 16.85Cubing in the Valley 2023: 15.35SacCubing XIV 2023: 13.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 10.99SacCubing XV 2023: 14.06Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 12.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 11.17Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 11.78SacCubing XVI 2024: 10.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 9.42Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 10.60SacCubing XVIII 2024: 10.26SacCubing XIX 2025: 8.64Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.648.6416.8522 Jan 20233 Jul 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.