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Ethan Xuan

2×2 · top 65.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022XUAN02

Ethan Xuan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.66, set at NSW Open 2022, puts him in the top 65.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,297th in Australia. Across 8 competitions since February 2022, he has put 89 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:06.68 in February 2022 to 51.57, a 23% improvement. Ethan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 65.5% of 186,767 all-time
7.66
signature single · NSW Open 2022
89
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×27.6615.26
top 65.5%5,297 / 8,567
Pyraminx12.7415.75
top 71.5%4,329 / 5,993
3×351.571:08.26
top 87.1%10,372 / 11,709

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

Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 1:06.68Brisbane Autumn 2022: 1:09.44NSW Open 2022: 59.17Maitland Spring 2022: 51.57Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 1:02.87Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 56.57North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 54.9651.571:09.4413 Feb 20225 Mar 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.

  • Enoch Xuan — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
  • John Cook — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Matthew Cook — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.