People · Canada
Ethan Zhu
Square-1 · top 24.5% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022ZHUE01
Ethan Zhu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 18.46, set at Appleby Summer B 2023, puts him in the top 24.5% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 206th in Canada. Across 9 competitions since October 2022, he has put 147 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.05 in October 2022 to 16.21, a 23% improvement. Ethan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 18.46 | 28.44 | top 24.5% | 206 / 952 | |
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 5.72 | top 26.5% | 1,795 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 16.21 | 20.56 | top 28.5% | 2,759 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 7.85 | 12.61 | top 40.1% | 1,012 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.80 | 1:34.29 | top 54.1% | 1,501 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.70 | 15.74 | top 58.4% | 2,839 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.60 | 44.81 | top 66.1% | 1,604 / 2,620 | |
| Clock | 21.88 | 27.23 | top 69.8% | 684 / 1,029 | |
| Megaminx | 3:00.29 | — | top 74.4% | 917 / 1,375 | |
| 5×5 | 4:11.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,337 / 1,499 |
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
- 13 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Appleby Summer B 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.04 at Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023.
- 30 Oct 2022First competition: Ajax First-Timers 2022. A 21.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Side Events 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- Thornhill Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Summer B 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax First-Timers 2022 · 30 Oct 2022
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.
- Kayden Park (박장환) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Matthew Lee — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 3.46 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.