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Eli Lifland

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012LIFL01

Eli Lifland has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.70, set at Virginia Open Fall 2015, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,331st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2012, he has put 387 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.30 in June 2012 to 8.70, a 47% improvement. Eli has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.70
signature single · Virginia Open Fall 2015
387
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.7010.88
top 4.2%2,331 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.244.51
top 4.5%1,171 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed14.2118.17
top 6.5%896 / 15,683
4×437.8145.03
top 9.6%1,431 / 19,072
2×22.734.32
top 11.3%4,435 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded1:27.52
early days — 3 solves451 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 9 cubes · 50:02
early days — 1 solve200 / 731
5×51:35.601:47.49
top 32.0%2,529 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves
early days — 3 solves738 / 2,040
Megaminx2:06.27
top 49.3%3,667 / 7,841
Skewb13.8623.14
top 74.2%14,023 / 18,907

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

River Hill Summer 2012: 16.30Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012: 12.27River Hill Winter 2013: 10.27Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 10.08World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 10.59Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 10.25Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 9.40Virginia Open Spring 2014: 9.97Slow n Steady Fall 2014: 10.33Virginia Open Fall 2015: 8.70River Hill Fall 2015: 9.31Virginia Open Winter 2017: 10.23Berkeley May Weekday 2026: 9.328.7016.3016 Jun 20121 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.