People · United States
Ethan Michael Briones
2×2 · top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023BRIO02
Ethan Michael Briones has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,232nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2023, he has put 181 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.89 in January 2023 to 2.12, a 76% improvement. Ethan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 2.12 | 3.62 | top 5.6% | 2,232 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 19.00 | 26.94 | top 37.1% | 20,887 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.77 | 14.34 | top 51.2% | 14,884 / 28,708 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.00 at WPI Winter 2024.
- 27 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023First competition: Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- QuabbiNxN 2024 · 18 May 2024
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
- Rhode Island Winter 2024 · 21 Jan 2024
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Middleboro Cubikon 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cape Cod 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Northampton Winter B 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Fall River Cubikon 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023
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.
- Alexander Miguel Briones — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Durette — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.