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Eli Hezron Mika Jr.

5×5 · top 0.56% of 40,792 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022MIKA03

Eli Hezron Mika Jr. has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 44.15, set at DeNxNver 2025, puts him in the top 0.56% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in the United States. Until November 2016, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2022, he has put 607 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.15 in July 2022 to 7.86, a 54% improvement. Eli has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.56% of 40,792 all-time
44.15
signature single · DeNxNver 2025
607
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
5×544.1554.31
top 0.56%47 / 9,401
4×427.9332.25
top 1.8%293 / 19,072
7×72:16.082:33.21
top 1.8%47 / 3,184
6×61:32.221:41.49
top 2.3%89 / 4,196
3×37.8610.59
top 2.5%1,474 / 59,724
2×22.144.65
top 5.7%2,292 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.047.23
top 13.4%3,500 / 28,708
Megaminx1:20.651:29.03
top 22.3%1,534 / 7,841
Skewb8.8510.44
top 47.4%8,397 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed35.0638.65
top 57.4%7,989 / 15,683
Clock17.6033.52
top 57.5%4,791 / 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 for Charity Colorado 2022: 17.15Pueblo Puzzling 2022: 21.18Cubing in The Springs 2022: 16.12Bundle Up Broomfield 2023: 18.50Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023: 14.40Mile High Megacomp 2023: 14.99Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 13.37Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023: 14.71Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2023: 13.85Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023: 12.55Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023: 13.91CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 12.82Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 7.86Colorado Springs Showdown 2024: 8.92Winter Warmup CO 2025: 9.46DeNxNver 2025: 9.15Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 9.127.8621.1816 Jul 202221 Aug 2026

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-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 4.15 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.