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Ethan Palendeng

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015PALE01

Ethan Palendeng has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at Wellington Winter 2018, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2015, he has put 362 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.34 in June 2015 to 10.01, a 69% improvement. Ethan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.69
signature single · Wellington Winter 2018
362
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×21.693.32
top 3.0%88 / 1,615
3×310.0111.29
top 7.5%165 / 2,095
Pyraminx4.637.10
top 11.0%158 / 1,141
3×3 one-handed17.4120.92
top 13.6%87 / 600
Skewb4.415.65
top 13.8%108 / 666
4×442.8247.53
top 15.5%115 / 722
Megaminx1:09.991:14.62
top 15.6%65 / 283
5×51:27.531:35.40
top 25.3%101 / 355
Square-119.6233.95
top 27.1%81 / 251
7×74:45.874:48.69
top 46.4%73 / 126
6×63:15.373:21.87
top 48.2%85 / 149
Clock16.34
early days — 3 solves182 / 303

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

Wellington Winter 2015: 32.34SNZ Northern 2017: 15.92Hamilton Spring 2017: 13.53New Zealand Nationals 2017: 12.49Mind Games 2018: 10.01Palmerston North 2018: 10.02Wellington Winter 2018: 10.0110.0132.3421 Jun 201521 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.