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Eli Ries

2×2 · top 15.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023RIES01

Eli Ries has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.09, set at North Woods 2023, puts him in the top 15.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,988th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2023, he has put 110 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Eli has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 15.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.09
signature single · North Woods 2023
110
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.094.69
top 15.3%5,988 / 40,951
3×313.0715.29
top 17.7%9,470 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.969.25
top 19.7%5,259 / 28,708
4×41:17.711:25.98
top 54.0%9,182 / 19,072
5×52:18.43
early days — 2 solves5,161 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed40.2348.05
top 65.6%9,321 / 15,683
Clock21.0430.22
top 67.6%5,823 / 8,927
Skewb16.4121.97
top 82.5%15,836 / 18,907
Square-11:06.12
early days — 1 solve5,866 / 6,743

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

Minnesota Meetup II Wednesday 2023: 14.01OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 15.56Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023: 13.07North Woods 2023: 14.14Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 13.6913.0715.5628 Jun 20237 Oct 2023

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.