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Ethan Qiu

2×2 · top 0.38% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022QIUE03

Ethan Qiu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.90, set at Turning in Corning 2025, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 159th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since July 2022, he has put 2,722 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.25 in July 2022 to 7.23, a 60% improvement. Ethan has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.38% of 186,767 all-time
0.90
signature single · Turning in Corning 2025
2,722
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.902.96
top 0.38%159 / 40,951
Skewb1.643.95
top 0.63%102 / 18,907
Clock3.444.74
top 1.4%131 / 8,927
3×37.238.88
top 1.6%980 / 59,724
5×554.311:00.54
top 3.1%259 / 9,401
Pyraminx2.934.87
top 3.4%895 / 28,708
4×431.2034.68
top 3.6%579 / 19,072
7×72:33.192:53.25
top 4.3%116 / 3,184
Megaminx48.0754.56
top 4.3%301 / 7,841
6×61:45.721:50.63
top 5.7%198 / 4,196
Square-110.8515.98
top 7.7%559 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed15.4222.31
top 9.0%1,194 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
early days — 2 solves810 / 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

Flower City Cube Fest 2022: 18.25Lake Placid 2023: 14.74Cicero 2023: 13.06Empire State Winter 2024: 12.88Empire State Side Events 2024: 12.06Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024: 12.87Empire State Spring Special 2024: 12.04New Jersey Championship 2024: 10.91Empire State NxN 2024: 11.38ROC the Cube 2024: 11.51Binghamton Cube Day 2024: 10.82Gouverneur 2024: 9.88Saratoga Springs Summer 2024: 11.51Niagara Falls Summer 2024: 10.15CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 10.56New York Championship 2024: 9.19Gouverneur Quick & Quiet 2024: 9.49ALL1- Empire State 2024: 10.24Lake George 2024: 9.98Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024: 9.24New New York New Year 2024: 10.59A Tuesday in Ashfield 2024: 11.32Binghamton Winter 2025: 8.66Empire State Winter 2025: 10.06Blizzard Blitz NY 2025: 9.80PBs in Palisades Winter 2025: 9.36Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025: 9.58Binghamton Cube Day 2025: 9.38Horseheads Spring 2025: 9.39One-Handed Open NY 2025: 9.92ROC the Cube NY 2025: 9.32Horseheads Odds 2025: 10.69Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025: 10.31Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025: 8.23Clocktober Classic NY 2025: 8.94New York Championship 2025: 9.31Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025: 8.13Turning in Corning 2025: 7.45Elmira Miracle 2025: 9.18New York New Year 2025: 9.32Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026: 8.98Mohawk Valley Winter 2026: 9.29Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026: 8.97Dockin and Clockin Dunkirk 2026: 7.23RIT Tiger Twist 2026: 9.46Marble City Cubing NY 2026: 9.47Brockport Bash 2026: 8.95Seneca Lake 2026: 8.56Puzzles in Pittsford 2026: 8.38Garland City NY 2026: 8.47Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.53Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026: 7.34Chenango County Summer 2026: 8.25Corning Summer 2026: 8.66Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 8.397.2318.2530 Jul 202214 Aug 2026

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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.