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Elias Hanford

3×3 · top 57.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017HANF02

Elias Hanford has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.22, set at Penn Cube Day Fall 2018, puts him in the top 57.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33,870th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2017, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. Elias has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 57.3% of 284,439 all-time
27.22
signature single · Penn Cube Day Fall 2018
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.2233.27
top 57.3%33,870 / 59,724
2×28.5411.42
top 71.0%29,319 / 40,951
Pyraminx15.2916.73
top 82.9%24,456 / 28,708

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

Maryland 2017: 28.16Penn Cube Day Winter 2018: 49.39Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 27.2227.2249.397 Oct 20178 Dec 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 7 Oct 2017First competition: Maryland 2017. A 28.16 3×3 single to start from.

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.

  • Dana Yi — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Livia Kleiner — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Joey Stahl — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.