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Ethan Shaw

2×2 · top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SHAW02

Ethan Shaw has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.75, set at Stevenage October 2025, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 723rd in the United Kingdom. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, he has put 157 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.73 in March 2024 to 17.80, a 42% improvement. Ethan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.75
signature single · Stevenage October 2025
157
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×22.756.83
top 11.5%723 / 4,895
3×317.8021.32
top 33.5%2,254 / 6,689
Pyraminx7.7213.82
top 33.9%1,365 / 3,656
Skewb8.0210.68
top 41.4%978 / 2,421
3×3 one-handed37.671:02.97
top 61.9%1,066 / 1,851
4×41:49.74
early days — 1 solve1,729 / 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

Manchester Spring 2024: 30.73Stevenage June 2024: 23.70Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 25.09Lincolnshire Autumn 2024: 17.80Stevenage January 2025: 22.89Crewe Spring 2025: 25.15Stevenage July 2025: 20.98Stevenage October 2025: 19.7217.8030.7329 Mar 202411 Oct 2025

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 0.75 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.