People · United States
Elaine Burkert
Clock · top 6.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023BURK14
Elaine Burkert has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.64, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts her in the top 6.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 475th in the United States. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2023, she has put 333 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.17 in December 2023 to 12.59, a 41% improvement. Elaine 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.64 | 7.05 | top 6.1% | 475 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.04 | 5.41 | top 7.9% | 2,009 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.19 | top 8.6% | 3,389 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.59 | 13.68 | top 16.0% | 8,563 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 48.37 | 58.77 | top 22.6% | 3,423 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.35 | 26.12 | top 27.0% | 3,484 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.81 | 8.73 | top 32.2% | 5,365 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.18 | 1:50.18 | top 35.9% | 2,563 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 26.42 | 33.83 | top 42.3% | 2,744 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.64 | 2:05.71 | top 48.4% | 4,054 / 9,401 |
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
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Miami Skewbed 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.70 at FSUbers 7.0 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at FSUbers 7.0 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.80 at Miami Spring 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: Cubing Knights V 2023. A 21.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Thrice as Nice Miami 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Miami Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights V 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
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 her.
- Jackson Lewis — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kellan Butler — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jacob Lam — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as she improves.