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Ethan Oliver

2×2 · top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016OLIV02

Ethan Oliver has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Olde Town Parker 2020, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,622nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2016, he has put 41 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.93 in November 2017 to 21.25, a 15% improvement. Ethan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.53
signature single · Olde Town Parker 2020
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.535.83
top 9.2%3,622 / 40,951
3×321.2523.24
top 43.4%24,899 / 59,724
Pyraminx11.7713.23
top 65.7%19,425 / 28,708
Skewb14.0129.74
top 74.8%14,150 / 18,907

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

Longhorn Cube Day 2017: 24.93South East Texas Open 2018: 26.54Howdy Partner 2018: 23.40Olde Town Parker 2020: 21.2521.2526.5418 Nov 201715 Feb 2020

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.