People · Australia
Ethan Qiu
Pyraminx · top 8.2% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025QIUE01
Ethan Qiu has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.10, set at Adelaide Summer 2026, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 381st in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2025, he has put 200 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.79 in March 2025 to 13.57, a 68% improvement. 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.10 | 10.68 | top 8.2% | 381 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 4.83 | 10.55 | top 16.9% | 451 / 3,589 | |
| 2×2 | 3.44 | 4.43 | top 19.5% | 1,500 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 13.57 | 14.83 | top 19.5% | 1,786 / 11,943 | |
| 4×4 | 49.46 | 1:03.15 | top 24.1% | 621 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.32 | 30.74 | top 37.8% | 877 / 2,685 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.66 | 2:14.26 | top 43.1% | 533 / 1,313 | |
| Clock | 14.32 | 16.90 | top 45.2% | 490 / 1,159 | |
| Square-1 | 35.16 | — | top 58.7% | 586 / 920 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.51 | — | top 68.0% | 981 / 1,412 | |
| 6×6 | 6:05.00 | 6:26.68 | early days — 3 solves | 605 / 667 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026.
- 12 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.15 at Adelaide Autumn 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2026.
- 30 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.19 at Marino Madness 2025.
- 30 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Marino Madness 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.02 at SA State Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Adelaide Spring 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Adelaide Autumn 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Marino Madness 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kubing in Klemzig 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SA State Championship 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- All Welcome Adelaide 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Dallas McNeil — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Rafael Chowindra — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
- Felix Williams — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.