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Ethan McClain

Pyraminx · top 0.46% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023MCCL11

Ethan McClain has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025, puts him in the top 0.46% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in the United States. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since November 2023, he has put 1,113 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.66 in November 2023 to 7.49, a 45% improvement. Ethan has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.46% of 129,321 all-time
1.53
signature single · Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025
1,113
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.533.25
top 0.46%140 / 28,708
4×423.8531.62
top 0.47%84 / 19,072
2×21.113.02
top 0.79%327 / 40,951
Megaminx39.8645.81
top 1.6%106 / 7,841
Clock3.654.77
top 1.7%156 / 8,927
3×37.499.14
top 2.0%1,166 / 59,724
Skewb2.514.55
top 2.9%437 / 18,907
5×554.751:00.29
top 3.3%272 / 9,401
6×61:48.501:54.14
top 6.6%224 / 4,196
7×72:48.142:57.76
top 7.3%197 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed15.7318.09
top 9.6%1,275 / 15,683
Square-116.8121.93
top 20.6%1,383 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded2:54.64—
early days — 2 solves1,086 / 2,092

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

Peoria Fall 2023: 13.66Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024: 14.11Concordia Turning Spring 2024: 9.71Louisiana Championship 2024: 8.69Land of Lincoln 2024: 10.50Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024: 10.59Corinth Comic Con Cubing 2024: 8.84Indiana Championship 2024: 8.55Minxing in Memphis 2025: 8.79Mississippi Championship 2025: 8.42Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025: 8.10St. Louis Spring 2025: 7.84Land of Lincoln 2025: 8.63CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025: 7.49Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025: 8.83Concordia Turning Winter 2026: 8.21CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 9.38Magnolia State Cubing 2026: 7.914x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 8.587.4914.1118 Nov 202329 Aug 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.