People · South Africa
Eli John Mcleod
Pyraminx · top 90.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024MCLE05
Eli John Mcleod has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 18.35, set at Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025, puts him in the top 90.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 829th in South Africa. Across 16 competitions since September 2024, he has put 99 official solves on the record across two events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 20.51 in September 2024 to 18.35, an 11% improvement. Eli has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 18.35 | 24.02 | top 90.5% | 829 / 958 | |
| 3×3 | 1:08.10 | 1:46.09 | top 94.4% | 2,030 / 2,187 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
Competitions
- GAN WCA African Championship 2026 · 24 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Farrarmere Full Speed 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Bold Solvin' Bloemfontein 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
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.
- Ian James Mcleod — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marike Faught — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Juandré Jacobs — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 107,130 people have one; it is 3.35 away.
- A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 264,087 people have one; it is 8.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.