People · United States
Ethan Nguyen
3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024NGUY03
Ethan Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.45, set at Oregon Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,310th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2024, he has put 138 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.86 in January 2024 to 9.45, a 32% improvement. Ethan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.45 | 12.57 | top 6.0% | 3,310 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.12 | top 16.1% | 6,312 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.82 | 9.96 | top 16.8% | 2,661 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.30 | 7.25 | top 22.2% | 5,977 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.41 | 29.79 | top 29.9% | 3,867 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:04.70 | — | top 34.9% | 724 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.87 | 1:37.35 | top 62.0% | 10,839 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 59.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,587 / 6,743 |
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
- 13 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Oregon Championship 2024.
- 13 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First competition: Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024. A 14.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bellevue Cubing Afternoon 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hillsboro Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hillsboro Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 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.
- Viet Nguyen — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kinkajou Celeste Oren — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tyler L. Nguyen — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.