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Ethan McDowell
Pyraminx · top 9.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025MCDO07
Ethan McDowell has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.33, set at Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 123rd in Ireland. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2025, he has put 134 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Ethan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.33 | 9.61 | top 9.3% | 123 / 911 | |
| 2×2 | 2.82 | 4.52 | top 12.2% | 170 / 1,163 | |
| 3×3 | 13.64 | 15.90 | top 19.7% | 275 / 1,427 | |
| Skewb | 7.44 | 13.39 | top 37.0% | 239 / 624 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.04 | 1:13.28 | top 40.7% | 197 / 579 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 122 / 283 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.85 | 58.56 | top 77.5% | 313 / 448 | |
| 5×5 | 2:59.65 | — | top 78.0% | 229 / 296 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: Birmingham Spring 2025. A 14.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- PBs in Phibblestown 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ben Timmons — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oisin West — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Arsen Hereta — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.