People · United States
Elias Trancosa
3×3 one-handed · top 8.4% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018TRAN02
Elias Trancosa has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.14, set at Arizona Championship 2025, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,115th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2018, he has put 177 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.03 in March 2018 to 10.38, a 48% improvement. Elias has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.14 | 16.50 | top 8.4% | 1,115 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 10.38 | 12.03 | top 8.6% | 4,724 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 47.60 | 53.66 | top 21.6% | 3,275 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.05 | 6.82 | top 27.1% | 10,715 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.97 | 1:47.15 | top 31.4% | 2,487 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.73 | 10.76 | top 42.5% | 12,181 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.36 | 3:37.30 | top 45.9% | 1,703 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 33.58 | 48.53 | top 56.1% | 3,707 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 10.46 | 13.37 | top 57.8% | 10,554 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,364 / 2,040 | |
| 7×7 | 6:42.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,400 / 3,184 |
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
- 6 Jun 2026Six personal bests in one day at Only Cubes in ABQ 2026.
- 10 May 2025Six personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pueblo Puzzling 2025.
- 27 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 13.02 at BeCubed Summer 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.02 at BeCubed Summer 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at BeCubed Summer 2019.
Competitions
- Only Cubes in ABQ 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Arizona Championship 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Pueblo Puzzling 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- BeCubed Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Fe Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
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.
- Jacob Valdez — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Caleb Dye — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Abdel Issa (عبدالرحمن عيسى) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.