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Ethan Plein
Skewb · top 19.6% of 74,164 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023PLEI01
Ethan Plein has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.18, set at Oregon Championship 2023, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,157th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since August 2023, he has put 254 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Ethan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.18 | 6.60 | top 19.6% | 3,157 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 13.81 | 16.00 | top 20.4% | 11,135 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 9.78 | 11.19 | top 23.9% | 1,872 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 5.00 | top 25.9% | 10,331 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.25 | 8.15 | top 29.9% | 8,423 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 56.67 | 1:06.34 | top 32.8% | 5,288 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.94 | 30.00 | top 36.8% | 4,950 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.24 | 2:06.59 | top 43.9% | 3,276 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 27.25 | 42.75 | top 44.1% | 2,906 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.40 | — | top 50.2% | 4,272 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 5:11.19 | 5:38.82 | early days — 3 solves | 3,437 / 4,262 |
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
- 13 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Couve Cubing Spring 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Eugene Ice Cubing 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Spokane Summer 2023. A 14.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- PortlaNxNd 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Couve Cubing Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Eugene Ice Cubing 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Odd Olympia 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oregon Championship 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Spokane Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 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.
- Ash Black — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tripp Peters — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.