People · United States
Ethan Zhang
2×2 · top 12.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ZHAE02
Ethan Zhang has been competing for a year. 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 12.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,837th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 164 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.91 in October 2025 to 15.57, a 54% improvement. Ethan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 12.1% | 4,837 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.78 | 9.82 | top 18.4% | 4,976 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 15.57 | 19.08 | top 26.5% | 14,671 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 8.34 | 15.13 | top 44.0% | 7,830 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.11 | 1:41.38 | top 58.5% | 10,260 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.02 | 49.23 | top 66.8% | 9,635 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 26.63 | 27.31 | top 79.6% | 7,217 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 3:39.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,022 / 8,026 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026.
- 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
- UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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 32 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Weston Smoliak — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jake Maddox — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.