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Elias Porter

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024PORT03

Elias Porter has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.63, set at Maine Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,289th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 248 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.32 in March 2024 to 7.63, a 26% improvement. Elias has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.63
signature single · Maine Open 2026
248
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.639.92
top 2.2%1,289 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.5215.65
top 7.1%957 / 15,683
Skewb4.317.44
top 13.1%2,031 / 18,907
2×23.034.12
top 14.6%5,719 / 40,951
4×445.0853.86
top 18.4%2,791 / 19,072
Pyraminx6.139.20
top 21.0%5,643 / 28,708
5×51:48.882:00.38
top 41.8%3,396 / 9,401
Square-126.5535.42
top 42.5%2,757 / 6,743
Megaminx1:57.082:04.16
top 44.1%3,227 / 7,841
6×65:16.73
early days — 1 solve3,426 / 4,196

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

Maine Winter 2024: 10.32River Hawk Cubikon 2024: 11.45Orono Open 2025: 9.40Skowhegan Cubikon 2025: 9.30Farming-a-ton of Solves ME 2025: 8.93Skowhegan Puzzlefest 2026: 8.63Maine Open 2026: 7.637.6311.452 Mar 202419 Jun 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 1.63 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.