People · United States
Ethan Lin
2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022LINE05
Ethan Lin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at PBs in Palisades 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,134th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2022, he has put 152 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.48 in September 2022 to 11.57, a 44% improvement. Ethan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 4.28 | top 5.4% | 2,134 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.57 | 14.13 | top 12.4% | 6,666 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.36 | 12.78 | top 30.8% | 8,601 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 58.23 | 1:03.79 | top 34.6% | 5,562 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 9.20 | 13.79 | top 49.8% | 8,896 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 18.68 | 18.89 | top 60.8% | 5,129 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,948 / 15,683 |
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
- 26 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.85 at Hudson Valley Winter 2025.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.65 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022First competition: Pretzel Mania 2022. A 28.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edgemont Cubing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Connecticut Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley Winter 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Manhattan Mini B 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 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.
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kyle Meade — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Steven Wintringham — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.