People · Canada
Ethan Zhou
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023ZHOU17
Ethan Zhou has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.00, set at Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in Canada. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2023, he has put 123 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.83 in August 2023 to 7.00, an 11% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.00 | 8.97 | top 1.3% | 131 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 5.20 | top 7.4% | 484 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 35.91 | 41.07 | top 7.6% | 178 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.24 | 16.51 | top 8.6% | 189 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.91 | 1:23.35 | top 13.0% | 148 / 1,499 | |
| Megaminx | 1:15.54 | 1:25.12 | top 19.0% | 174 / 1,375 | |
| 7×7 | 4:10.19 | 4:23.68 | top 34.4% | 138 / 503 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.24 | 11.11 | top 38.2% | 1,754 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 7.96 | 8.66 | top 41.0% | 1,038 / 2,907 | |
| 6×6 | 2:59.76 | 3:02.68 | early days — 3 solves | 211 / 665 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023. A 9.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Side Events 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Scarborough Fall A 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Side Events 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Xiong (熊锐明) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ian Wei — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.