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Eli Selm
2×2 · top 13.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024SELM01
Eli Selm has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.89, set at Northern Kentucky 2025, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,116th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2024, he has put 98 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% 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 23.33 in April 2024 to 14.65, a 37% improvement. Eli has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 5.43 | top 13.0% | 5,116 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.65 | 17.57 | top 23.2% | 12,581 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 12.01 | 16.31 | top 35.0% | 2,773 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.57 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,558 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.51 | 34.22 | top 47.8% | 6,518 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 31.74 | 45.83 | top 52.7% | 3,463 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.21 | 11.95 | top 54.7% | 15,962 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 5:29.88 | 5:48.97 | early days — 3 solves | 3,561 / 4,196 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.65 at Northern Kentucky 2025.
- 3 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Northern Kentucky 2025.
- 28 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.25 at Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024.
- 28 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First competition: Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024. A 23.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
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.
- Evan Brown — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Garrett — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Uziah Groh — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.