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Ethan Wu

3×3 · top 21.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023WUET02

Ethan Wu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.10, set at Cuber Jackets Fall 2023, puts him in the top 21.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,498th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 108 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.04 in April 2023 to 14.10, a 22% improvement. Ethan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.10
signature single · Cuber Jackets Fall 2023
108
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.1018.50
top 21.3%11,498 / 59,724
2×24.918.39
top 38.2%15,304 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.7413.35
top 51.0%14,807 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed43.341:00.22
top 69.7%10,009 / 15,683
Skewb13.3915.69
top 72.4%13,652 / 18,907
Megaminx2:59.17
top 74.0%5,787 / 7,841

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

Simpson Scramble 2023: 18.04AlphaCubing A 2023: 17.35Fountain City 2023: 16.38Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023: 17.69Cuber Jackets Fall 2023: 14.10Algorithms on Abercorn 2023: 17.79Fountain City Holiday Special 2023: 17.05Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024: 16.2014.1018.0422 Apr 20233 Feb 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.10 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.