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Ethan Stevens

3×3 · top 0.13% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015STEV03

Ethan Stevens has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.05, set at VIC State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Australia. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since May 2015, he has put 2,871 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.08 in May 2015 to 5.05, an 80% improvement. Ethan has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.13% of 284,439 all-time
5.05
signature single · VIC State Championship 2025
2,871
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×35.056.78
top 0.13%16 / 11,709
Skewb1.294.18
top 0.19%8 / 3,534
2×20.911.80
top 0.39%52 / 8,567
Pyraminx1.522.39
top 0.44%24 / 5,993
Square-15.6310.97
top 0.55%8 / 899
4×427.1631.41
top 1.4%36 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed10.8714.46
top 1.7%42 / 2,659
5×551.581:00.71
top 2.2%32 / 1,356
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves30.67
top 4.0%18 / 468
6×62:00.752:07.94
top 11.3%66 / 641
7×73:31.163:39.82
top 20.2%90 / 523
Megaminx1:17.501:30.25
top 20.2%241 / 1,277
Clock11.2913.36
top 31.5%330 / 1,095
3×3 blindfolded2:02.11—
top 34.1%149 / 394
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 32:50—
early days — 3 solves137 / 180

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

Cube for Cambodia 2015: 25.08Australian Nationals 2015: 18.66Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 14.16Cubing Classic 2016: 12.76Melbourne Autumn 2016: 11.28Connor's Cube Day 2016: 11.92Cube for Cambodia 2016: 10.94POPS Open 2016: 9.20Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2017: 9.72Cubing Classic 2017: 8.86Cube for Cambodia 2017: 9.32Australian Nationals 2017: 8.89Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 8.18ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 6.95Cube for Cambodia 2018: 8.42Melbourne Winter 2018: 7.52Australian Nationals 2018: 7.58St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 8.37Melbourne Summer 2019: 7.14Brilliant Ballarat 2019: 7.65Cube for Cambodia 2019: 7.65Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 7.00WCA World Championship 2019: 6.96Altona Algorithms 2019: 7.53Puzzling Pakenham 2019: 7.33Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 7.61Melbourne Summer 2020: 6.41Melbourne Summer 2021: 6.66December Series: Kensington 2021: 6.49Melbourne Summer 2022: 7.38Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022: 6.53Melbourne Summer 2023: 6.01Kensington Summer Saturday 2023: 6.22Melbourne Summer 2024: 6.11Altona Algorithms 2024: 6.39Solving In Sale 2024: 6.60Kensington May Saturday 2024: 5.88Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 5.44Melbourne Summer 2025: 6.45Spark Melbourne February 2025: 5.80Solving in Sale 2025: 6.20VIC State Championship 2025: 5.05Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025: 5.79The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 6.09Nimble Newborough 2025: 6.72Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 5.61Melbourne Summer 2026: 6.82North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 6.42Solving in Sale 2026: 5.94Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026: 6.62Australian Nationals 2026: 6.49Geelong Winter 2026: 6.035.0525.0831 May 201529 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.