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Ethan Misteri

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016MIST03

Ethan Misteri has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.84, set at STEM Educ8 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,458th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2016, he has put 673 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.10 in June 2016 to 7.84, a 70% improvement. Ethan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.84
signature single · STEM Educ8 2018
673
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.848.77
top 2.5%1,458 / 59,724
2×21.662.58
top 2.9%1,121 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.845.03
top 3.1%829 / 28,708
Megaminx46.2452.85
top 3.5%258 / 7,841
Skewb2.705.18
top 3.6%568 / 18,907
4×434.0536.98
top 5.9%910 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed14.2716.02
top 6.6%910 / 15,683
5×51:20.621:25.28
top 19.6%1,533 / 9,401
Square-119.7625.61
top 27.5%1,808 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves
early days — 1 solve1,178 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:42.92
early days — 1 solve1,334 / 2,092
Clock25.5532.42
top 77.7%6,821 / 8,927

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

Cubing Knights 2016: 26.10Americus Open 2017: 11.00For The Love Of Cubing 2017: 13.77Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017: 11.14CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 9.39Cubing Knights 2017: 9.42Classic City Spooks 2017: 9.81Florida Feast 2017: 9.79Winter Warmup 2018: 9.31STEM Educ8 2018: 7.84Sunny Showdown 2018: 8.08Indialantic Open 2018: 7.89CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 8.077.8426.1018 Jun 201627 Jul 2018

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.

  • Sean Hartman — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
  • Jacob Ambrose — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
  • Katie Hull — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 17 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.