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Eli Kaufman

Pyraminx · top 2.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KAUF01

Eli Kaufman has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.69, set at Scenic City Spring TN 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 718th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2023, he has put 552 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in April 2023 to 8.40, a 47% improvement. Eli has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.7% of 129,321 all-time
2.69
signature single · Scenic City Spring TN 2026
552
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.695.62
top 2.7%718 / 28,708
3×38.409.90
top 3.5%2,001 / 59,724
2×21.983.22
top 4.6%1,844 / 40,951
4×441.9547.31
top 14.4%2,158 / 19,072
Megaminx1:09.091:17.02
top 15.1%1,029 / 7,841
Square-114.4721.46
top 15.2%1,026 / 6,743
Clock8.129.50
top 15.8%1,200 / 8,927
Skewb5.307.07
top 20.5%3,269 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed20.7524.79
top 22.6%2,896 / 15,683
5×51:46.781:58.02
top 40.4%3,261 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded4:50.71—
early days — 1 solve1,610 / 2,092

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

CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 15.72AlphaCubing B 2023: 14.73Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023: 12.24Cuber Jackets Fall 2023: 11.32Choo Choo Cubing B 2024: 12.34Scenic City Scramble TN 2024: 9.11GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 10.25Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025: 8.84Cubing in School Westminster 2025: 10.24Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025: 11.56CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 8.40East Cobb Summer 2025: 9.88Scenic City Spring TN 2026: 9.37GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 9.278.4015.7215 Apr 202316 May 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.

  • Katie Hull — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead once
  • MJ Thomas — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
  • Roman Wofford — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 17 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.