People · United Kingdom
Elian Forsyth
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025FORS02
Elian Forsyth has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Wiltshire Spring 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 310th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2025, he has put 453 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.28 in February 2025 to 8.53, a 51% improvement. Elian 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.53 | 9.51 | top 3.8% | 310 / 6,785 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.73 | 17.69 | top 7.6% | 150 / 1,861 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 3.54 | top 10.8% | 703 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.28 | 8.75 | top 15.0% | 578 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 43.78 | 56.51 | top 16.8% | 397 / 2,112 | |
| Skewb | 5.99 | 10.02 | top 25.7% | 600 / 2,439 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.81 | 1:52.27 | top 28.1% | 370 / 1,167 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.00 | 2:09.78 | top 45.8% | 544 / 998 | |
| Square-1 | 29.06 | 39.28 | top 47.7% | 435 / 789 | |
| Clock | 18.66 | — | top 60.8% | 804 / 1,255 | |
| 6×6 | 3:47.57 | 3:49.79 | top 61.6% | 374 / 560 | |
| 7×7 | 7:34.99 | — | early days — 3 solves | 421 / 463 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Spring 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026.
- 22 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.50 at Chichester April 2025.
Competitions
- Poole Autumn 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hampshire Summer 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Brighton 3x3 Day 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Wiltshire Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Chichester April 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Hampshire Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
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.
- Dorian Chan — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Carter Swan — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Blue James — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.