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Ethan Nicholson

3×3 · top 44.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022NICH07

Ethan Nicholson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.81, set at Sioux Falls Summer 2023, puts him in the top 44.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,880th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2022, he has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.32 in November 2022 to 21.81, a 53% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.9% of 284,439 all-time
21.81
signature single · Sioux Falls Summer 2023
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.8129.56
top 44.9%25,880 / 59,724
2×26.7213.65
top 58.1%23,798 / 40,951
4×43:00.75
early days — 2 solves18,557 / 19,072

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

Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2022: 46.32Sioux Falls Summer 2023: 21.81Sioux City Sunday 2023: 24.3521.8146.3212 Nov 202223 Jul 2023

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.