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Ethan Tyler Lee

2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017LEEE02

Ethan Tyler Lee has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,826th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, he has put 64 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.05 in September 2017 to 11.45, a 69% improvement. Ethan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.58
signature single · Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.584.28
top 9.7%3,826 / 40,951
3×311.4513.91
top 12.0%6,454 / 59,724
Skewb4.946.02
top 17.7%2,795 / 18,907
Pyraminx16.12
early days — 2 solves25,199 / 28,708

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

Berkeley Summer 2017: 37.05San Ramon Cubed 2017: 28.17Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024: 12.43Vegas Cubing Winter 2026: 11.4511.4537.0516 Sep 201728 Feb 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.