People · United States
Ethan Qiu
3×3 · top 21.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019QIUE01
Ethan Qiu has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.09, set at UMBC Winter 2024, puts him in the top 21.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,477th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since June 2019, he has put 108 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.84 in June 2019 to 14.09, a 45% improvement. Ethan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 14.09 | 15.47 | top 21.3% | 11,477 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.66 | 6.53 | top 35.0% | 13,956 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.48 | 11.28 | top 40.4% | 11,550 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.33 | 34.42 | top 45.1% | 6,103 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 8.84 | 13.77 | top 47.4% | 8,384 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 23.23 | 35.16 | top 73.0% | 6,340 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 55 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,801 / 2,040 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at UMBC Winter 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Winter 2024.
- 20 Nov 2021First sub-20 3×3: 18.72 at Slow N Steady Fall 2021.
- 2 Jun 2019First competition: River Hill Spring 2019. A 25.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Anglo America 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2019 · 2 Jun 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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hassan Khanani — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zayn Khanani — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.09 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.