People · United States
Ethan Wood
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025WOOD18
Ethan Wood has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Wellesley Fall 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,293rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2025, he has put 403 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.86 in September 2025 to 8.62, a 38% improvement. Ethan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.62 | 10.60 | top 4.0% | 2,293 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.08 | 8.90 | top 11.5% | 1,799 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.85 | 8.99 | top 18.9% | 5,119 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.42 | 21.56 | top 21.7% | 2,811 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 4.49 | top 22.0% | 8,729 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.16 | 1:47.82 | top 37.1% | 2,992 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.11 | 1:08.85 | top 44.1% | 7,388 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 14.27 | 14.62 | top 45.0% | 3,711 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,093 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 32.09 | 54.23 | top 53.5% | 3,566 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 3:26.79 | 3:42.50 | top 53.6% | 2,051 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 5:11.92 | — | top 54.5% | 1,633 / 3,236 |
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
- 16 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2026.
- 15 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026.
- 8 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.72 at 3x3 in Madison 2026.
- 8 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at 3x3 in Madison 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Naperville Gray Skies 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Machesney Park Fall 2025.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Seabrook Open 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Time's Up Elmsford 2026 · 28 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellesley Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- 3x3 in Madison 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Racing Kane 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Gray Skies 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Quad Cities Saturday 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Machesney Park Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Clock on the Madison Rocks 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
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.
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles Bois — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brian Johnson — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.