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Ethan Zhiming Richards
3×3 · top 51.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024RICH21
Ethan Zhiming Richards has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.34, set at Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026, puts him in the top 51.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,337th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since August 2024, he has put 36 official solves on the record across five events. Ethan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 24.34 | 30.14 | top 51.1% | 5,337 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.90 | 19.87 | top 52.2% | 2,992 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 6.60 | 7.61 | top 57.0% | 4,565 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:56.28 | — | top 80.0% | 2,434 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:21.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,484 / 2,659 |
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
- 10 Aug 2024First competition: Puzzling Parramatta 2024. A 25.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Parramatta 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
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.
- Thomas Tinlin — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bryan Eng — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Edan Andrew Feeney — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.34 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.