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Ethan Vovan

Skewb · top 3.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014VOVA01

Ethan Vovan has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Irvine Winter 2018, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 490th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since May 2014, he has put 765 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.61 in May 2014 to 8.88, a 57% improvement. Ethan has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.2% of 73,281 all-time
2.58
signature single · Irvine Winter 2018
765
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.586.47
top 3.2%490 / 18,907
3×38.8810.84
top 4.6%2,551 / 59,724
2×22.344.17
top 7.4%2,922 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed17.2719.29
top 13.3%1,709 / 15,683
4×441.0450.65
top 13.3%1,982 / 19,072
5×51:26.411:45.56
top 24.4%1,902 / 9,401
Pyraminx7.8912.18
top 35.3%9,977 / 28,708
Square-125.7545.57
top 40.8%2,645 / 6,743
6×63:16.203:32.12
top 48.6%1,821 / 4,196
7×75:10.116:21.05
top 53.9%1,580 / 3,184
Megaminx2:17.452:38.32
top 55.0%4,131 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 3 solves1,251 / 2,040

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

Caltech Spring Open 2014: 20.61Newport Cube Day 2014: 19.03Nisei Week 2014: 17.50Antelope Valley Fall 2014: 15.04Newport Winter Open 2014: 12.11Nub Open 2015: 12.32Caltech Winter Open 2015: 12.05Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015: 13.22SoCal Supercomp 2015: 11.45US Nationals 2015: 11.79Nisei Week 2015: 8.88Irvine Fall 2015: 11.29Nub Open 2016: 10.58Caltech Winter 2016: 10.95Newport Spring 2016: 10.76TFTI San Diego 2016: 11.08SoCal Supercomp 2016: 10.78Nisei Week 2016: 10.52Newport Fall 2016: 10.81Caltech Winter 2017: 10.40Qualifornia 2017: 11.27OCSEF Open 2017: 10.55UCSD Summer 2017: 8.89Nisei Week 2017: 9.48Santa Barbara Fall 2017: 8.91Newport Fall 2017: 10.65TF3I San Diego 2017: 9.73Irvine Winter 2018: 9.47Nisei Week 2018: 11.13CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 10.38A Bruin Cube Day 2022: 11.548.8820.6117 May 20148 May 2022

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 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.