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Eleanor Shiels

2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013SHIE01

Eleanor Shiels has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Sydney Championship 2017, puts her in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 645th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since November 2013, she has put 923 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 38.22 in November 2013 to 14.15, a 63% improvement. Eleanor has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.46
signature single · Sydney Championship 2017
923
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.467.19
top 8.5%645 / 8,567
Pyraminx5.618.24
top 17.2%842 / 5,993
3×314.1518.25
top 21.5%1,928 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed31.0336.19
top 48.9%1,135 / 2,659
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves46.00
top 51.8%229 / 468
4×41:17.311:38.64
top 53.7%1,485 / 3,051
5×52:20.172:22.81
top 61.1%839 / 1,356
Skewb11.8517.04
top 65.3%2,178 / 3,534
Clock50.44—
early days — 1 solve1,067 / 1,095

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

Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 38.22Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014: 34.40Melbourne Summer 2014: 39.08Shepparton Autumn 2014: 28.66Northpark Adelaide 2014: 31.17Melbourne Cube Day 2014: 22.77Niddrie 2014: 17.88Australian Nationals 2015: 24.53Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 23.05Cubing Classic 2016: 24.08Melbourne Autumn 2016: 19.04Connor's Cube Day 2016: 21.02Cube for Cambodia 2016: 19.08Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2017: 23.26Cubing Classic 2017: 19.58Australian Nationals 2017: 23.14Canberra Spring 2017: 22.67Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 21.89Sydney Championship 2017: 23.44Adelaide Summer 2018: 21.74ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 18.94St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 26.99Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 21.65Melbourne Summer 2019: 19.34Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 18.04Warm Up Sydney 2019: 14.15WCA World Championship 2019: 16.85Paris Open 2019: 18.69UK Championship 2019: 19.65Every Event Éire 2019: 14.82Speedcub'Eirb Winter Open 2019: 16.77Melbourne Summer 2020: 16.49Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020: 15.96Melbourne Summer 2021: 18.49Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 15.86Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 19.40Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 17.06Melbourne Summer 2023: 14.79Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 17.69The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 21.61Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 19.80Melbourne Summer 2024: 19.09Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 20.16Australian Nationals 2026: 20.3114.1539.0816 Nov 20139 Jul 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as she improves.