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Elias Chong

3×3 · top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022CHON03

Elias Chong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.35, set at Australian Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 76th in Australia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since June 2022, he has put 1,596 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.99 in June 2022 to 6.35, a 68% improvement. Elias has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time
6.35
signature single · Australian Nationals 2024
1,596
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.358.26
top 0.72%76 / 11,709
3×3 blindfolded19.1022.76
top 1.1%9 / 394
Clock3.484.77
top 1.5%20 / 1,095
2×21.552.31
top 2.4%194 / 8,567
4×429.5432.81
top 2.6%65 / 3,051
3×3 Multi-Blind26 of 29 cubes · 57:59—
top 3.5%9 / 180
3×3 one-handed13.4815.80
top 5.2%119 / 2,659
Pyraminx3.455.04
top 5.3%235 / 5,993
Square-19.7614.78
top 5.7%59 / 899
Megaminx53.0359.86
top 6.5%86 / 1,277
5×51:02.441:09.32
top 6.9%93 / 1,356
4×4 blindfolded2:49.67—
top 7.1%9 / 96
Skewb3.695.64
top 8.9%236 / 3,534
6×62:00.592:08.52
top 11.2%65 / 641
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves31.67
top 14.8%73 / 468
7×73:16.113:26.13
top 15.1%68 / 523
5×5 blindfolded12:35.00—
early days — 1 solve16 / 51

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

NSW Open 2022: 19.99Sydney Winter Saturday 2022: 10.78Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 12.33North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 11.08Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 8.34Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 11.35Maitland Winter 2023: 9.60Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 10.66Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 9.51Sydney Summer 2023: 8.81Cubing at The Cube 2024: 7.58Going Back to the Gong 2024: 9.69Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 9.42Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 9.50Kiama Winter 2024: 8.95Australian Nationals 2024: 6.35Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 7.59Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 7.68Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 8.21Sydney Spring Saturday 2024: 7.93Cubing at The Cube 2025: 8.02Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025: 7.53NSW State Championship 2025: 9.06Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025: 7.88Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 8.90Australian Nationals 2025: 8.56Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025: 7.54Cubing at The Cube 2026: 6.78Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 8.59Australian Nationals 2026: 7.066.3519.9911 Jun 20229 Jul 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 4.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.