People · United States
Ethan Valencia
3×3 · top 47.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022VALE10
Ethan Valencia has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.72, set at Mile High Megacomp 2023, puts him in the top 47.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,398th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 69 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.30 in August 2022 to 22.72, a 48% improvement. Ethan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 22.72 | 30.79 | top 47.3% | 27,398 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.86 | 8.98 | top 49.4% | 20,088 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.40 | 14.88 | top 63.3% | 18,664 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 15.11 | 23.73 | top 78.6% | 15,020 / 18,907 |
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
- 10 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 27.67 at LoCo Cubing AM 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Pueblo Puzzling 2022. A 43.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bundle Up Broomfield 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- LoCo Cubing AM 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CO Solving in Fall for All 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pueblo Puzzling 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
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.
- Jacob Nokes — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Beauregard — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Caleb Valencia — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.