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Ethan Russell

2×2 · top 17.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016RUSS04

Ethan Russell has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at High Wycombe Open 2018, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,013th in the United Kingdom. Across 17 competitions since October 2016, he has put 325 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.98 in October 2016 to 16.51, a 59% improvement. Ethan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.27
signature single · High Wycombe Open 2018
325
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×23.274.44
top 17.4%1,013 / 4,895
Pyraminx6.9910.59
top 27.8%1,104 / 3,656
3×316.5119.67
top 29.4%1,963 / 6,689
Skewb7.9510.57
top 40.9%963 / 2,421
3×3 one-handed42.7358.42
top 69.0%1,204 / 1,851
Clock35.55
top 90.2%1,138 / 1,232
4×42:30.60
early days — 2 solves1,990 / 2,071

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

Guildford Open 2016: 39.98UK Championship 2016: 27.18Manchester Open 2017: 26.58London Open 2017: 21.45August Bank Holiday Competition 2017: 16.51Guildford Open 2017: 18.84UK Championship 2017: 18.93Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 20.21Guildford Open 2018: 16.74High Wycombe Open 2018: 18.09Hastings Open 2018: 18.88August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 19.16UK Championship 2018: 19.89High Wycombe Open 2019: 18.26British Summer Open 2019: 21.31UK Championship 2019: 21.60Stevenage Spring 2022: 18.7316.5139.981 Oct 201630 Apr 2022

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.