People · Canada
Eli Winchell
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022WINC02
Eli Winchell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Victoria Winter 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 388th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2022, he has put 434 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.03 in June 2022 to 8.63, a 66% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.63 | 9.75 | top 4.0% | 388 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.53 | 5.95 | top 5.6% | 198 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 3.36 | top 6.2% | 403 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.96 | 28.77 | top 25.9% | 558 / 2,620 | |
| Skewb | 6.09 | 10.30 | top 26.4% | 640 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 59.83 | 1:09.11 | top 36.3% | 962 / 3,118 | |
| Clock | 12.71 | 15.94 | top 38.3% | 341 / 1,029 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.13 | — | top 58.8% | 776 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 1:27.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 900 / 952 |
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
- 4 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Victoria Winter 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Fall 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024.
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024.
- 16 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2024.
- 5 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2024.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Victoria Winter 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Coquitlam Crunch 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- BC Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanaimo Swing into Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanaimo Back to School 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cloverdale Open 2022 · 18 Jun 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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Heewon Hwang — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Eeshir Pannun — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.