People · United States
Ethan Throne
3×3 · top 30.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025THRO01
Ethan Throne has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.90, set at Benicia Open 2025, puts him in the top 30.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,221st in the United States. Across 6 competitions since February 2025, he has put 113 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.84 in February 2025 to 16.90, a 35% improvement. Ethan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 16.90 | 21.70 | top 30.8% | 17,221 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.75 | 7.82 | top 36.2% | 14,689 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 11.22 | 18.89 | top 62.0% | 11,618 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.57 | 51.52 | top 64.8% | 9,317 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.45 | 16.63 | top 75.3% | 22,661 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 29.33 | 30.95 | top 83.5% | 7,618 / 9,172 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Benicia Open 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.95 at Yuba City Spring 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Yuba City Spring 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First competition: Berkeley Winter 2025. A 25.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Benicia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XX 2025 · 18 May 2025
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yuba City Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 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.
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sabir Dhillon — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Stone — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.