People · United States
Ethan T. Branscum
3×3 · top 24.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025BRAN11
Ethan T. Branscum has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.00, set at San Antonio Fall 2025, puts him in the top 24.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,269th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2025, he has put 68 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.48 in June 2025 to 15.00, a 51% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.00 | 20.41 | top 24.4% | 13,269 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.42 | 12.78 | top 31.3% | 8,735 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.77 | 5.93 | top 36.4% | 14,550 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.87 | 1:29.81 | top 50.6% | 8,536 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 17.01 | 19.71 | top 55.5% | 4,601 / 8,927 |
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
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Temple Qualifier 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-30 3×3: 15.00 at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.00 at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025First competition: Corpus Christi Summer 2025. A 30.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temple Qualifier 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Corpus Christi Summer 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
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.
- Tristan Patrick — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Azhar Virani — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Conard — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 3.00 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.