People · Canada
Ethan Shen
3×3 · top 8.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019SHEN12
Ethan Shen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.41, set at London Winter 2024, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 818th in Canada. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2019, he has put 201 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.66 in June 2019 to 10.41, a 65% improvement. Ethan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.41 | 12.93 | top 8.7% | 818 / 10,502 | |
| Skewb | 4.33 | 7.26 | top 13.3% | 285 / 2,928 | |
| Clock | 7.82 | 8.12 | top 14.2% | 113 / 1,057 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 4.97 | top 27.1% | 1,855 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.32 | 27.68 | top 32.5% | 731 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 57.13 | 1:02.32 | top 33.4% | 898 / 3,180 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.69 | 13.28 | top 33.7% | 1,523 / 4,913 | |
| 5×5 | 2:41.86 | — | top 71.3% | 999 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 245 / 284 | |
| 6×6 | 5:24.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 539 / 683 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at London Winter 2024.
- 1 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at London Winter A 2023.
- 19 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022.
- 7 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 13.88 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022.
- 7 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.88 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022.
Competitions
- London Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- London Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hamilton Side Events 2022 · 28 May 2022
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 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.
- Lucas Nieuwland — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.