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Ethan Sun

3×3 · top 31.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013SUNE01

Ethan Sun has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.03, set at Caltech Fall Open 2013, puts him in the top 31.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,136th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2013, he has put 32 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.72 in February 2013 to 17.03, a 41% improvement. Ethan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.1% of 284,439 all-time
17.03
signature single · Caltech Fall Open 2013
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.0321.65
top 31.1%17,136 / 59,724
2×27.067.66
top 60.9%25,009 / 40,951

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

Caltech Winter Open 2013: 28.72Caltech Spring Open 2013: 20.52Caltech Fall Open 2013: 17.03Caltech Spring Open 2014: 19.4317.0328.7223 Feb 201317 May 2014

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.03 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.