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Eli Katz

2×2 · top 0.82% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KATZ02

Eli Katz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.12, set at Michigan Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.82% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 340th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since April 2022, he has put 1,158 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.69 in April 2022 to 8.47, a 42% improvement. Eli has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.82% of 186,767 all-time
1.12
signature single · Michigan Championship 2025
1,158
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.121.89
top 0.82%340 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.483.67
top 2.1%564 / 28,708
3×38.4710.17
top 3.7%2,080 / 59,724
Clock5.807.89
top 6.6%515 / 8,927
Skewb3.485.35
top 7.6%1,180 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed18.1022.24
top 15.3%1,982 / 15,683
Square-114.9319.58
top 16.3%1,104 / 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

Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 14.69Blue Water Bridge Open 2022: 13.77Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 14.98CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 10.14Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 12.16Washtenaw Winter 2023: 12.31Michigan Speedcubing Spring 2023: 12.70Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 12.72Michigan 2023: 11.64Fort Wayne Favorites 2023: 10.40Michigan Mini 7 2023: 11.35Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023: 11.40Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023: 11.80CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 10.89The Core of Hobart 2023: 9.13Michigan Mini 11 2023: 9.76Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023: 11.53Washtenaw Autumn 2023: 8.53Michigan Mini 12 2023: 9.93Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024: 9.20Michigan Mini 17 2024: 10.50Michigan Mega Madness 2024: 9.20Washtenaw Spring 2024: 10.36Trojan Spring 2024: 9.58Michigan Mini 19 2024: 10.57Michigan Championship 2024: 8.85Michigan Mini 21 2024: 8.47Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 9.40Washtenaw Summer 2024: 9.22Washtenaw Fall 2024: 10.31Imagination Station A 2025: 10.44Washtenaw Spring 2025: 8.83Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.43Michigan Championship 2025: 10.528.4714.981 Apr 202215 Aug 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.