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Eli Newsome
Pyraminx · top 13.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024NEWS03
Eli Newsome has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.03, set at Stevenage June 2025, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 398th in Russia. Across 11 competitions since September 2024, he has put 194 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 12.67 in September 2024 to 5.03, a 60% improvement. Eli has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.03 | 11.61 | top 13.4% | 398 / 3,777 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 7.34 | top 26.9% | 1,050 / 4,782 | |
| Clock | 12.84 | 15.46 | top 38.9% | 195 / 714 | |
| 3×3 | 22.09 | 27.72 | top 45.7% | 2,578 / 6,475 | |
| Skewb | 9.90 | 13.99 | top 54.3% | 990 / 2,264 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.77 | 1:02.38 | top 80.6% | 1,414 / 1,770 |
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
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.60 at Stevenage September 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: Battersea Autumn 2024. A 48.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage May 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage December 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 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.
- Harry Allen — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Stringer — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.