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Eli Hawkins

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014HAWK01

Eli Hawkins has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,432nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2014, he has put 677 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.94 in October 2014 to 8.78, an 86% improvement. Eli has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.78
signature single · MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023
677
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.789.94
top 4.4%2,432 / 59,724
4×432.4039.39
top 4.5%715 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed13.6917.80
top 5.6%775 / 15,683
2×22.193.89
top 6.1%2,437 / 40,951
Skewb3.524.61
top 7.9%1,222 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.457.98
top 10.0%2,587 / 28,708
5×51:09.831:16.45
top 11.5%888 / 9,401
7×73:36.414:02.38
top 22.1%630 / 3,184
6×62:26.632:43.83
top 23.9%843 / 4,196
Megaminx1:43.101:55.84
top 36.5%2,611 / 7,841
Square-134.0938.98
top 56.9%3,764 / 6,743
Clock26.10—
early days — 2 solves6,932 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,859 / 2,040

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

Rice University 2014: 1:02.94Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015: 18.03Dallas Back to School 2015: 13.99HOOAH SMA 2015: 12.29South East Texas Open 2016: 13.04Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016: 11.19Houston Cube Blast 2016: 11.43Westlake Open 2016: 10.38South East Texas Open 2017: 9.76Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 9.23Southern Championships 2017: 9.28Yeehaw 2017: 8.98Longhorn Cube Day 2017: 9.20South East Texas Open 2018: 10.00MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023: 8.78CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 9.738.781:02.9418 Oct 201422 Jun 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.