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Ethan Xiang

3×3 · top 20.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022XIAN07

Ethan Xiang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.99, set at Appleby Fall A 2023, puts him in the top 20.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,991st in Canada. Across 2 competitions since November 2022, he has put 34 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.82 in November 2022 to 13.99, a 17% improvement. Ethan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 20.9% of 284,439 all-time
13.99
signature single · Appleby Fall A 2023
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×313.9916.19
top 20.9%1,991 / 10,392
4×41:01.101:13.54
top 37.7%1,011 / 3,118
Skewb8.0811.08
top 41.9%1,070 / 2,907
Pyraminx12.3719.12
top 69.5%3,436 / 4,858

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

Oakville Fall B 2022: 16.82Appleby Fall A 2023: 13.9913.9916.8227 Nov 202223 Sep 2023

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 1.99 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 1.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.