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Eli Satterfield

3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021SATT01

Eli Satterfield has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.86, set at Music City Speedsolving 2023, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,891st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2021, he has put 181 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.29 in December 2021 to 9.86, a 56% improvement. Eli has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.86
signature single · Music City Speedsolving 2023
181
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.8612.46
top 7.1%3,891 / 59,724
2×23.224.60
top 16.8%6,594 / 40,951
Clock8.5911.43
top 17.9%1,373 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed20.8025.02
top 22.7%2,911 / 15,683
Pyraminx6.588.21
top 24.5%6,675 / 28,708
4×455.511:05.67
top 31.3%4,945 / 19,072
5×51:51.211:55.80
top 43.4%3,557 / 9,401
Skewb8.7010.35
top 46.4%8,205 / 18,907
Megaminx2:24.85
early days — 2 solves4,413 / 7,841
Square-135.4040.43
top 59.1%3,902 / 6,743
6×63:52.98
early days — 2 solves2,444 / 4,196
7×76:49.70
early days — 1 solve2,449 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded6:57.36
early days — 1 solve1,899 / 2,092

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

Rocky Top 2021: 22.29GA Cubers Greetings 2022: 18.40Jasper Highlands 2022: 18.34Buccaneer Bonanza 2022: 14.93Music City Speedsolving 2023: 9.86Cubing in the Clouds 2023: 11.09Simpson Scramble 2023: 11.909.8622.294 Dec 202122 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.