People · Germany
Elias Xu
2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023XUEL02
Elias Xu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.17, set at Swisscubing Cup II 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 249th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2023, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.82 in December 2023 to 10.92, a 21% improvement. Elias has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 4.10 | top 6.0% | 249 / 2,875 | |
| 3×3 | 10.92 | 12.29 | top 10.2% | 527 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.37 | 1:24.31 | top 48.2% | 919 / 1,934 |
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
- 31 Dec 2023First competition: Chääswürfel 2023. A 15.03 3×3 single to start from.
- 31 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.96 at Chääswürfel 2023.
Competitions
- Swisscubing Cup II 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chääswürfel 2023 · 31 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Oleg Gritsenko — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Angelo Melera — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ioannis Papadopoulos — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.