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Eli Delamater

3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020DELA01

Eli Delamater has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.56, set at Spring Madness Colorado 2024, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,455th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2020, he has put 145 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 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. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.75 in February 2020 to 9.56, a 39% improvement. Eli has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.56
signature single · Spring Madness Colorado 2024
145
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 standingUnited States
3×39.5610.61
top 6.3%3,455 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.489.72
top 23.7%6,425 / 28,708
2×23.945.06
top 25.7%10,111 / 40,951
4×451.181:00.00
top 26.2%4,029 / 19,072
5×51:32.831:41.51
top 29.7%2,344 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed25.1832.82
top 34.7%4,577 / 15,683
7×74:38.165:35.27
top 43.8%1,269 / 3,184
6×63:12.343:38.01
top 47.0%1,755 / 4,196
Megaminx2:05.43
top 48.9%3,631 / 7,841
Skewb9.3812.33
top 51.0%9,143 / 18,907
Clock20.8924.90
top 67.2%5,782 / 8,927

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

Cubing Peoria 2020: 15.75CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 10.90Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024: 10.81Spring Madness Colorado 2024: 9.56Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 10.219.5615.7516 Feb 202025 May 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.

  • Alex Aguayo — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Evan Wilson — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Kian Cline — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.