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Ethan Thorpe

3×3 · top 36.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023THOR16

Ethan Thorpe has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.70, set at Coventry Spring 2025, puts him in the top 36.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 491st in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since December 2023, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.55 in December 2023 to 18.70, a 50% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.2% of 284,439 all-time
18.70
signature single · Coventry Spring 2025
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×318.7022.40
top 36.2%491 / 2,164
2×25.819.42
top 48.8%544 / 1,510

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

Wiltshire December 2023: 37.55Birmingham Spring 2025: 21.10Coventry Spring 2025: 18.7018.7037.5516 Dec 202324 May 2025

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 3.70 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.