People · United Kingdom
Ethan Swaine
3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017SWAI03
Ethan Swaine has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.90, set at Stevenage April 2025, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 526th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2017, he has put 578 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.72 in October 2017 to 9.90, a 58% improvement. Ethan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.90 | 11.78 | top 7.2% | 526 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 4.29 | top 11.9% | 744 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.65 | 8.74 | top 17.4% | 677 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 5.95 | 8.89 | top 25.4% | 582 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 51.95 | 55.98 | top 27.1% | 610 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.66 | 26.12 | top 27.8% | 509 / 1,851 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.98 | 1:40.18 | top 30.1% | 342 / 966 | |
| Square-1 | 21.06 | 30.09 | top 30.4% | 280 / 778 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.78 | 2:34.72 | top 54.1% | 666 / 1,151 |
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
- 19 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Stevenage April 2025.
- 19 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Norwich Summer 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Essex Winter 2022.
- 28 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2022.
- 1 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage Autumn B 2022.
Competitions
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Essex Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- High Wycombe Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017
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.
- Adam Swaine — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ben Stokes — met in 87 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jude Swaine — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 78 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.