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Ethan Spanierman

2×2 · top 14.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014SPAN02

Ethan Spanierman has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.04, set at UMass ODS Fall 2016, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,760th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since December 2014, he has put 82 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.17 in December 2014 to 13.16, a 59% improvement. Ethan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.04
signature single · UMass ODS Fall 2016
82
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.044.63
top 14.7%5,760 / 40,951
3×313.1615.73
top 18.0%9,626 / 59,724
Skewb6.768.17
top 31.8%5,273 / 18,907
Pyraminx8.379.62
top 39.4%11,262 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed39.4955.89
top 64.6%9,172 / 15,683
4×41:31.74
early days — 2 solves11,415 / 19,072

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

Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 32.17River Hill Winter 2015: 25.55Manhasset Fall 2015: 14.66Manhasset Spring 2016: 13.48Severna Park Spring 2016: 14.74UMass ODS Fall 2016: 15.91Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 13.1613.1632.1713 Dec 201422 Apr 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.