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Ethan Rafael Clayton-Araujo
3×3 · top 28.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024CLAY03
Ethan Rafael Clayton-Araujo has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.07, set at All Welcome Adelaide 2025, puts him in the top 28.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,594th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since November 2024, he has put 55 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.36 in November 2024 to 16.07, a 25% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.07 | 22.85 | top 28.0% | 2,594 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 8.56 | 11.26 | top 45.4% | 1,416 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 5.75 | 8.08 | top 48.2% | 3,807 / 8,567 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 907 / 1,277 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.45 | 15.81 | top 69.9% | 4,231 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:42.05 | — | top 71.9% | 2,107 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:02.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,195 / 2,659 |
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 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.07 at All Welcome Adelaide 2025.
- 24 Nov 2024First competition: Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024. A 21.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- All Welcome Adelaide 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2025 · 10 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
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 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gus Friend — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Felix Williams — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.