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Ethan Lin

3×3 · top 0.79% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023LINE03

Ethan Lin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.43, set at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 512th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since April 2023, he has put 670 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.06 in April 2023 to 6.43, a 64% improvement. Ethan has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.79% of 284,439 all-time
6.43
signature single · Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026
670
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.438.48
top 0.79%512 / 59,724
2×21.723.63
top 3.2%1,236 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed18.6326.01
top 16.8%2,172 / 15,683
Pyraminx6.028.89
top 20.2%5,404 / 28,708
4×455.411:00.46
top 31.2%4,930 / 19,072
Skewb7.8511.00
top 40.1%6,916 / 18,907
5×52:03.352:15.52
top 51.3%4,302 / 9,401
Megaminx2:35.27—
top 63.8%4,852 / 7,841
Clock20.1625.47
top 65.1%5,558 / 8,927
Square-143.711:01.92
top 69.7%4,581 / 6,743
6×65:54.56—
early days — 1 solve3,740 / 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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 18.06Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 14.58Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 13.04Berkeley Summer 2023: 11.26Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 12.17Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 10.03Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 10.53Berkeley Fall 2023: 10.52Berkeley Winter 2024: 9.30Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 8.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 10.22Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 9.31EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024: 9.80Berkeley Spring 2024: 9.70Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 9.07Berkeley Summer 2024: 8.75Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 8.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 8.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 8.30Berkeley Fall 2024: 8.22Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 8.81Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 7.64Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 8.70Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 8.08Berkeley Spring 2025: 8.06SCU I: May the Fourth Be With You 2025: 8.04Belmont Spring 2025: 7.94Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.49Reno Summer 2025: 9.66Benicia Open 2025: 7.54San Ramon Fall 2025: 7.29Berkeley Fall 2025: 8.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025: 7.35Belmont Spring 2026: 7.04Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026: 6.436.4318.061 Apr 202318 Jul 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.