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Ethan Zorger

3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019ZORG01

Ethan Zorger has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.11, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,698th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since November 2019, he has put 1,128 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.86 in November 2019 to 8.11, an 82% improvement. Ethan has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.11
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024
1,128
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.1110.64
top 3.0%1,698 / 59,724
2×22.153.59
top 5.8%2,333 / 40,951
Skewb3.195.23
top 6.0%922 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded41.621:02.18
top 7.3%143 / 2,092
Clock6.157.90
top 7.7%607 / 8,927
Square-110.9013.16
top 7.8%565 / 6,743
Pyraminx4.035.49
top 7.8%1,998 / 28,708
4×438.8745.80
top 10.8%1,605 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves45.67
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 11 cubes · 47:46—
top 19.1%135 / 731
5×51:21.121:28.96
top 20.0%1,560 / 9,401
Megaminx1:30.841:44.54
top 28.8%1,998 / 7,841
6×62:42.602:50.03
top 32.2%1,135 / 4,196
4×4 blindfolded6:28.15—
top 32.9%137 / 440
3×3 one-handed24.6232.23
top 33.2%4,346 / 15,683
5×5 blindfolded14:57.00—
early days — 2 solves88 / 218
7×75:10.846:27.14
top 54.1%1,584 / 3,184

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

TJHSST Fall 2019: 45.86ODU Big Blue Fall 2019: 31.89Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 19.23Babylon Winter 2020: 16.99Pretzel Mania 2022: 14.40Think In Fink Fall 2022: 14.72Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 13.96West Chester Fall 2022: 11.49Pretzel Mania 2023: 12.72Penn Cube Day Spring 2023: 13.26Cougar Qualifier 2023: 12.68Wilmington Warmup 2023: 11.48CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.49Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 10.94Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023: 10.53CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 11.82Virginia Championship 2023: 9.62GCU Winter 2024: 11.01Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 9.88Ridgefield Spring 2024: 8.21It's About Time Bloomsburg 2024: 10.54Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.11CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 9.61King of Prussia Spring 2025: 10.53Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 9.618.1145.869 Nov 201914 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.