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Eli Purdie

3×3 · top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024PURD02

Eli Purdie has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.06, set at Springing into Auckland 2024, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 373rd in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 74 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.15 in April 2024 to 13.06, a 41% improvement. Eli has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.06
signature single · Springing into Auckland 2024
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×313.0616.16
top 17.6%373 / 2,095
2×24.235.83
top 29.5%524 / 1,615
3×3 one-handed30.3039.91
top 47.3%264 / 600

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

Beachside Auckland 2024: 22.15NZ North Island Championship 2024: 18.21South Auckland Side Events 2024: 17.30New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 15.76Springing into Auckland 2024: 13.06Max Speed Milford 2024: 15.5513.0622.156 Apr 202430 Nov 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.