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Ethan Wu

2×2 · top 11.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025WUET01

Ethan Wu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.74, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2026, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,569th in the United States. Across 16 competitions since January 2025, he has put 413 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.78 in January 2025 to 11.37, a 59% improvement. Ethan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.4% of 189,179 all-time
2.74
signature single · CubingUSA New England Championship 2026
413
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.743.73
top 11.4%4,569 / 41,674
3×311.3714.37
top 11.7%6,399 / 60,666
Pyraminx5.298.60
top 15.0%4,008 / 29,168
Clock10.5511.85
top 27.6%2,182 / 9,172
Skewb6.5511.69
top 30.2%5,031 / 19,164
3×3 one-handed23.7135.30
top 30.8%4,027 / 15,900
4×41:02.601:08.28
top 39.3%6,480 / 19,354
Square-128.1642.79
top 46.1%3,041 / 6,846
Megaminx2:14.01—
top 53.4%4,084 / 8,026
5×52:30.64—
top 66.1%5,851 / 9,537
6×66:56.27—
early days — 1 solve4,037 / 4,262
7×79:23.81—
early days — 1 solve3,141 / 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

The Battle of Lexington 2025: 27.78Fitchburg Fingertricks 2025: 29.08CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 18.03Fitchburg Fall 2025: 16.06Loon Cubikon NH 2025: 13.84New Hampshire Championship 2025: 12.52Ipswich Fall 2025: 11.37The Battle of Concord MA 2026: 15.28Cube Against Cancer Boston 2026: 13.37Wakefield MA Spring 2026: 15.60Cubing in Westerly RI 2026: 15.05Saint John's Summer 2026: 15.20Brookline Favorites IV 2026: 16.05Wellesley Fall 2026: 13.30CubingUSA New England Championship 2026: 11.6411.3729.0811 Jan 202516 Oct 2026

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 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.