People · United States
Eli Villanueva
3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022VILL08
Eli Villanueva has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.67, set at Cubes on the Bayside 2023, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,319th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2022, he has put 201 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.05 in May 2022 to 7.67, a 55% improvement. Eli has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.67 | 10.02 | top 2.2% | 1,319 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.61 | top 13.3% | 5,240 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.94 | 28.80 | top 31.3% | 4,060 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.87 | 11.44 | top 35.1% | 9,937 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 10.36 | 12.93 | top 57.2% | 10,417 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.62 | — | top 59.6% | 10,328 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 45.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,683 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 23.36 | 27.42 | top 73.3% | 6,371 / 8,927 |
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
- 24 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Westchester Weeknights 4 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at New York Yopen 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.80 at East Brunswick Open 2022.
- 27 May 2022First competition: CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022. A 17.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Flushing Open PM 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Manhattan Mini A 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes on the Bayside 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westchester Weeknights 4 2023 · 24 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Babylon Summer 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- East Brunswick Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022
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.
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Liu — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ayden Dincher — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.