People · United States
Ethan Shank
2×2 · top 12.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019SHAN07
Ethan Shank has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.87, set at Pennsylvania Championship 2022, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,017th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2019, he has put 203 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.35 in April 2019 to 2.87, a 46% improvement. Ethan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.19 | top 12.8% | 5,017 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.85 | 7.97 | top 17.0% | 2,703 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.73 | 9.53 | top 25.6% | 7,032 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 15.78 | 21.51 | top 27.1% | 14,815 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.53 | 1:13.52 | top 41.3% | 6,747 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 14.14 | 18.19 | top 44.4% | 3,572 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.39 | 2:19.29 | top 55.0% | 4,125 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 33.26 | 52.32 | top 55.6% | 3,670 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.42 | 1:24.56 | top 75.3% | 10,934 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:51.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,726 / 9,401 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2022.
- 17 Jun 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.57 at Pennsylvania Championship 2022.
- 17 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2022.
- 6 Apr 2019First competition: No Place For DNF Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- No Place For DNF Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Nobili — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Christopher Sun — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.