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Ethan Pienaar

3×3 · top 74.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022PIEN01

Ethan Pienaar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 38.06, set at Arnold Classic Africa 2022, puts him in the top 74.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,356th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since May 2022, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.27 in May 2022 to 38.06, a 27% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 74.6% of 284,439 all-time
38.06
signature single · Arnold Classic Africa 2022
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×338.0646.51
top 74.6%1,356 / 2,164
2×212.0917.28
top 84.6%1,123 / 1,510

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

Gauteng Autumn 2022: 52.27Arnold Classic Africa 2022: 38.06Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024: 39.6038.0652.2715 May 202220 Apr 2024

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 8.06 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.