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Ethan Stein

3×3 · top 42.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023STEI01

Ethan Stein has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.06, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023, puts him in the top 42.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,545th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2023, he has put 25 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.28 in January 2023 to 21.06, a 28% improvement. Ethan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.9% of 284,439 all-time
21.06
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.0623.80
top 42.9%24,545 / 59,724

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

SacCubing XIII 2023: 29.28Berkeley Winter A 2023: 25.92Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 23.81Berkeley Spring 2023: 21.99Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 21.0621.0629.2814 Jan 20231 Apr 2023

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.