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Eli Ball

3×3 · top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023BALL03

Eli Ball has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.15, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,369th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 57 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.34 in March 2023 to 17.15, a 43% improvement. Eli has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time
17.15
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2023
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.1522.89
top 31.5%17,369 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.9313.19
top 52.4%15,291 / 28,708
2×26.428.89
top 55.2%22,574 / 40,951
Skewb15.2821.93
top 79.2%15,148 / 18,907
4×42:26.02
early days — 2 solves17,340 / 19,072
5×53:59.82
early days — 1 solve8,687 / 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

Nickel City 2023: 30.34NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 25.46CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 17.15CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 21.96Bulldog Winter 2024: 19.3817.1530.3425 Mar 20239 Mar 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.15 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.