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Ethan Scott Lovell

3×3 · top 71.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LOVE02

Ethan Scott Lovell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 36.01, set at CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 71.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,276th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since January 2023, he has put 18 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.58 in January 2023 to 36.01, a 15% improvement. Ethan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 71.9% of 284,439 all-time
36.01
signature single · CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×336.0146.56
top 71.9%1,276 / 2,164
2×210.0812.46
top 78.3%973 / 1,510
Pyraminx16.6119.80
top 86.8%787 / 946

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

CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023: 42.58CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023: 36.0136.0142.5828 Jan 202322 Apr 2023

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.01 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.