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Ethan Semelbauer

2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016SEME02

Ethan Semelbauer has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Michigan 2016, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,203rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2016, he has put 77 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.03 in May 2016 to 14.20, a 43% improvement. Ethan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.91
signature single · Michigan 2016
77
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.915.04
top 13.2%5,203 / 40,951
3×314.2019.24
top 21.7%11,718 / 59,724
4×41:05.321:15.38
top 42.1%6,913 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed35.7744.14
top 58.6%8,191 / 15,683
5×52:17.902:32.28
top 59.9%5,139 / 9,401
Megaminx2:30.452:39.66
top 61.3%4,627 / 7,841

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

Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2016: 25.03Michigan 2016: 16.82Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016: 14.20Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 16.25Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 19.0314.2025.0314 May 201625 Jun 2017

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.