People · Canada
Ethan Valencia
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025VALE02
Ethan Valencia has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 445th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 67 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.96 in January 2025 to 8.85, a 19% improvement. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.85 | 11.30 | top 4.6% | 445 / 10,502 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.36 | 1:14.23 | top 9.3% | 115 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.66 | 19.03 | top 9.5% | 207 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 39.02 | 42.84 | top 11.0% | 267 / 3,180 | |
| 7×7 | 3:08.03 | 3:22.40 | top 12.7% | 47 / 519 | |
| 6×6 | 2:07.62 | 2:23.77 | top 14.5% | 70 / 683 | |
| Skewb | 4.67 | 4.94 | top 15.8% | 340 / 2,928 |
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
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026.
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.85 at Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First competition: Waterloo Winter 2025. A 10.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Max Xiong (熊锐明) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Burno Chak Kwan Li (李澤堃) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,328 people have one; it is 6.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.