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Eli Fountain
2×2 · top 21.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022FOUN03
Eli Fountain has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.61, set at Big n Skewb Boise 2024, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,573rd in the United States. Across 14 competitions since September 2022, he has put 249 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.17 in September 2022 to 19.40, a 64% improvement. Eli has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.61 | 8.39 | top 21.6% | 8,573 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.65 | 12.04 | top 33.3% | 9,507 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 19.40 | 23.32 | top 38.3% | 21,972 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 13.94 | 18.16 | top 43.6% | 3,587 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 8.78 | 15.37 | top 47.0% | 8,447 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.28 | — | top 82.7% | 15,669 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:00.39 | — | top 84.1% | 12,784 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 1:45.20 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,720 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 8:57.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,230 / 4,262 |
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
- 3 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.82 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Idaho Championship 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.66 at Utah Championship 2023.
- 17 Sep 2022First competition: Gem State Side Events 2022. A 54.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Meridian Marathon 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Pocatello Potato Palooza 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Idaho Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Snake River Speedsolving 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Big n Skewb Boise 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burley Summer 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Utah Championship 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Cade Beck — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brendan Robinson — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.