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Eli Sanderson

2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SAND23

Eli Sanderson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.03, set at Moorhead Madness 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,986th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 68 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,982 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.44 in September 2022 to 12.54, a 65% improvement. Eli has entered 68 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.03
signature single · Moorhead Madness 2025
1,982
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.033.87
top 4.9%1,986 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.336.62
top 9.3%2,418 / 28,708
Skewb4.005.99
top 10.9%1,680 / 18,907
3×312.5415.03
top 15.8%8,463 / 59,724
Clock9.8211.25
top 24.2%1,855 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves43.33
top 30.0%652 / 2,040
4×456.971:12.25
top 33.1%5,275 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed27.8032.58
top 41.4%5,546 / 15,683
Megaminx1:53.862:07.88
top 42.5%3,090 / 7,841
Square-135.391:04.00
top 59.1%3,901 / 6,743
5×52:29.942:56.90
top 65.7%5,723 / 9,401
6×65:45.856:11.66
top 88.9%3,676 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded9:15.57—
early days — 1 solve2,045 / 2,092
7×711:32.00—
early days — 2 solves3,165 / 3,184

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

Get to the Point 2022: 35.44Cubetcha 2022: 26.932x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 31.72Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 30.61North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 27.60Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023: 25.69SPAMtown Cubing 2023: 24.28Swallow Spring 2023: 21.81FargoDome 2023: 24.13Door County Cube Challenge 2023: 23.99Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 22.96Minnesota Meetup II Wednesday 2023: 20.09OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 22.90Minnesota Cube Day 2023: 22.14North Woods 2023: 26.47Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 27.65Cubetcha 2023: 19.65SPAMtown II 2023: 22.16Side Events Minnesota 2023: 21.39Race the Clock Minnesota 2023: 21.98Minnesota Meetup III Tuesday 2024: 18.59Elite in Eagan 2024: 22.17Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024: 19.41Algs in Ankeny 2024: 20.80Minnesota Slice 2024: 17.45Eau Claire 2024: 20.58Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 22.45Minnesota Warm Up 2024: 20.34Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 25.83Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024: 20.51Rosemount Big Cubes 2024: 23.52Rosemount Side Events 2024: 21.61Grand Forks 2024: 19.48Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 16.16Cubetcha MN 2024: 17.94SPAMtown III MN 2024: 17.50Minnesota Championship 2024: 17.89Barbados 2025: 17.30Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025: 17.18Cubing at Iowa State 2025: 15.22St. Ansgar 2025: 17.26Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 13.66Moorhead Madness 2025: 14.32Minnesota Slice 2025: 16.39Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 16.31CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 15.78Grand Forks 2025: 14.36Cubetcha MN 2025: 13.26Cubing on the Green MN 2025: 12.97Minnesota Championship 2025: 13.18Burke Mountain Cubikon 2025: 15.04The Bahamas Cube Challenge 2026: 14.85North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 15.85Eau Clock Wisconsin 2026: 12.85Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026: 14.63Minnesota Cube Melt 2026: 14.58CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 12.54Fast in Fargo 2026: 14.27Michigan Mini 42 2026: 17.39Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 16.03State Hunting Calls for Sioux Falls 2026: 14.2012.5435.4410 Sep 20225 Sep 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.