People · United States
Ethan Walker
2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019WALK05
Ethan Walker has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at Michigan Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,170th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2019, he has put 160 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.43 in March 2019 to 9.94, a 68% improvement. Ethan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 4.67 | top 5.4% | 2,170 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.94 | 12.12 | top 7.3% | 4,005 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.53 | 31.76 | top 38.1% | 5,064 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.75 | 1:15.71 | top 47.6% | 7,937 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.62 | 2:27.08 | top 58.5% | 5,000 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.53 | 15.98 | top 64.2% | 18,935 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Michigan Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Michigan Championship 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.06 at Mason Cube Challenge 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.62 at Mason Cube Challenge 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Mason Cube Challenge 2023.
- 16 Aug 2019First sub-30 3×3: 26.87 at Indiana 2019.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Algorithms in Archbold 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Fort Wayne Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mason Cube Challenge 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Indiana 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Indianapolis Cubes 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
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.
- Luke Griesser — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elliott Perkins — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Garrett — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.