People · United States
Eli Chen
Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017CHEE03
Eli Chen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at BU Spring 2018, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,171st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2017, he has put 190 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.95 in July 2017 to 12.33, a 68% improvement. Eli has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.24 | 8.00 | top 4.5% | 1,171 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.45 | top 11.0% | 4,349 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.33 | 15.92 | top 15.0% | 8,048 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.63 | 7.50 | top 15.4% | 2,420 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.36 | — | top 36.8% | 5,941 / 19,072 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Massachusetts Championship 2019.
- 8 Sep 2018First sub-20 3×3: 13.63 at Connect Community 2018.
- 8 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at Connect Community 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-30 3×3: 20.52 at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 1 Jul 2017First competition: Lexington Summer 2017. A 38.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cambridge 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- BU Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
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.
- Derek White — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rohan Volety — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Aidan McKenzie — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.