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Eli Norman

3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022NORM04

Eli Norman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.88, set at Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 663rd in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since August 2022, he has put 522 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.49 in August 2022 to 9.88, a 73% improvement. Eli has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.88
signature single · Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024
522
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×39.8812.96
top 7.1%663 / 11,709
2×22.383.86
top 7.8%580 / 8,567
Skewb4.176.41
top 12.1%312 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed20.8629.34
top 22.9%517 / 2,659
Pyraminx7.428.68
top 31.3%1,651 / 5,993
4×41:02.891:06.77
top 39.5%1,051 / 3,051
Clock13.9916.03
top 43.8%456 / 1,095
5×52:13.962:27.20
top 57.6%795 / 1,356
Square-135.7050.65
top 59.5%581 / 899
Megaminx2:43.273:04.29
top 67.4%872 / 1,277
6×65:18.09—
early days — 3 solves543 / 641
7×77:50.69—
early days — 2 solves439 / 523

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

Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 36.49Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022: 26.96South Coast Spring 2022: 23.04Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 25.28Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 23.10Chilling in Canberra 2023: 21.77Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 21.07Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023: 19.07Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023: 15.10Sydney Summer 2023: 15.29Cubing at The Cube 2024: 15.97Going Back to the Gong 2024: 13.79Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 11.13Goulburn Open 2024: 12.98Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024: 10.33Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 12.55Kiama Winter 2024: 10.51Australian Nationals 2024: 11.81Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 9.88Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 12.679.8836.4928 Aug 202231 Aug 2024

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 1.88 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.