People · United States
Ethan Peng
3×3 · top 5.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023PENG02
Ethan Peng has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Michigan Mini 33 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,098th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2023, he has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.52 in February 2023 to 9.23, a 44% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.23 | 12.91 | top 5.5% | 3,098 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 5.02 | 9.39 | top 18.3% | 2,942 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 6.89 | top 24.7% | 9,801 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.30 | 10.81 | top 38.8% | 11,259 / 29,168 |
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
- 24 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Michigan Mini 33 2025.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.07 at Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First competition: Washtenaw Winter 2023. A 16.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Mini 33 2025 · 24 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Winter 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
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.
- Tyler Rose — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yuxuan Chen — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- James Hildreth — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.