People · United States
Eli Elstein
3×3 · top 17.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ELST01
Eli Elstein has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.01, set at NCSU Wolfpack 2025, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,349th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 101 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.92 in November 2022 to 13.01, a 41% improvement. Eli has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.01 | 16.10 | top 17.5% | 9,349 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.57 | 5.75 | top 33.8% | 13,472 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 11.86 | 14.94 | top 34.2% | 2,710 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 7.12 | 9.02 | top 34.6% | 5,848 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.52 | 14.01 | top 40.7% | 11,665 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.02 | 51.48 | top 69.3% | 9,939 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 54.78 | 1:08.91 | top 80.2% | 5,342 / 6,743 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.01 at NCSU Wolfpack 2025.
- 7 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.20 at Bull City Summer NC 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bull City Summer NC 2024.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022. A 21.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bull City Summer NC 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Kerry Creech — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Orion Leavitt-Lytle — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Addy Coolidge — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.