People · United States
Ethan Wood
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 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 8.72, set at 3x3 in Madison 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,355th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2025, he has put 265 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 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 8.72, a 37% improvement. Ethan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.72 | 10.60 | top 4.2% | 2,355 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.08 | 8.90 | top 11.4% | 1,768 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.85 | 8.99 | top 18.9% | 5,026 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.28 | 4.97 | top 30.1% | 11,952 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.27 | 28.62 | top 32.2% | 4,208 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.16 | 1:52.55 | top 37.0% | 2,949 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.08 | 1:15.93 | top 49.8% | 8,381 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 16.24 | 18.42 | top 52.7% | 4,328 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,993 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 32.09 | 54.23 | top 53.4% | 3,514 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,114 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:25.00 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,271 / 3,184 |
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
- 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.
- 5 Sep 2025First competition: Clock on the Madison Rocks 2025. A 13.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 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 — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.