People · United States
Ethan Potinsky
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 26.7% of 12,294 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019POTI01
Ethan Potinsky has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 34 moves, set at Wiscube 2019, puts him in the top 26.7% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 586th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since October 2019, he has put 152 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.34 in October 2019 to 19.49, a 29% improvement. Ethan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 48.33 | top 26.7% | 586 / 2,040 | |
| 4×4 | 52.66 | 1:15.99 | top 28.0% | 4,330 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.02 | 12.34 | top 36.3% | 10,288 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 19.49 | 23.78 | top 38.5% | 21,749 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.58 | 7.07 | top 46.3% | 18,703 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.75 | 2:14.98 | top 56.4% | 4,792 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:02.77 | 4:27.74 | early days — 3 solves | 2,573 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 21.37 | 23.47 | top 68.5% | 5,911 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 6:14.40 | 6:32.30 | early days — 3 solves | 2,181 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.15 | 1:02.38 | top 73.9% | 10,711 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 3:43.19 | — | top 86.8% | 6,955 / 7,841 |
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
- 29 Feb 2020First sub-20 3×3: 19.49 at Copper Country Cubing Winter 2020.
- 29 Feb 2020Six personal bests in one day at Copper Country Cubing Winter 2020.
- 21 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Wiscube 2019.
- 2 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2019.
- 25 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019.
- 5 Oct 2019First competition: Superior Cubing - Duluth 2019. A 27.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Copper Country Cubing Winter 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 6 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Superior Cubing - Duluth 2019 · 5 Oct 2019
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Conard — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Meghan Hemmer — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 2.66 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.