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Ethan Updike

Pyraminx · top 46.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023UPDI01

Ethan Updike has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.21, set at Utah Ice Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 46.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,430th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2023, he has put 111 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.47 in March 2023 to 26.48, a 35% improvement. Ethan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 46.7% of 129,321 all-time
9.21
signature single · Utah Ice Cubing 2024
111
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx9.2111.95
top 46.7%13,430 / 28,708
2×25.6311.60
top 46.8%18,956 / 40,951
3×326.4831.27
top 55.8%32,890 / 59,724
Skewb12.1714.48
top 66.8%12,492 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:04.99
top 86.7%13,124 / 15,683
4×42:16.81
early days — 2 solves16,741 / 19,072

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

Utah Megacomp 2023: 40.47Utah Summer Side Events B 2023: 45.52Back to School Utah 2023: 46.75Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 32.12Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 31.74CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 33.95Back to School Utah 2024: 26.4826.4846.7525 Mar 202324 Aug 2024

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-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.