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Ethan Norris

3×3 · top 52.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015NORR02

Ethan Norris has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.12, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019, puts him in the top 52.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,943rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2015, he has put 64 official solves on the record across seven events. His 2×2 best has come down from 15.76 in April 2015 to 6.55, a 58% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 52.9% of 284,439 all-time
25.12
signature single · CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×325.1230.01
top 52.9%30,943 / 59,724
2×26.5511.07
top 56.4%23,109 / 40,951
Skewb11.4018.50
top 63.0%11,673 / 18,907
Pyraminx13.0320.55
top 73.1%21,670 / 28,708
Clock27.6329.08
top 81.2%7,190 / 8,927
4×42:20.67
early days — 3 solves17,020 / 19,072
Square-11:29.851:49.93
top 95.3%6,467 / 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

Field of Cubes 2015: 15.76Sioux Falls Winter 2019: 7.03CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 6.556.5515.7618 Apr 20159 Mar 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.