People · United States
Ethan Zhang
2×2 · top 12.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ZHAE02
Ethan Zhang has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,737th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since October 2025, he has put 139 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.91 in October 2025 to 17.35, a 49% improvement. Ethan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 4.98 | top 12.0% | 4,737 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.78 | 9.82 | top 18.4% | 4,882 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 17.35 | 19.08 | top 32.1% | 17,770 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 8.34 | 15.13 | top 43.9% | 7,705 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.02 | 49.23 | top 66.7% | 9,507 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 26.63 | 27.31 | top 79.6% | 7,029 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 2:01.16 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,328 / 19,072 |
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
- 7 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.66 at OKC Unorthodox Blocks Winter 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-30 3×3: 20.92 at Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025.
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: Lawton OKtoberfest 2025. A 33.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oklahoma Championship 2026 · 15 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wichita Art Museum 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- OKC Unorthodox Blocks Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lawton OKtoberfest 2025 · 11 Oct 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.
- Denham Ash — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Weston Smoliak — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Gibbon Edgar — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.