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Elias Zerihun Desta

3×3 · top 42.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022DEST01

Elias Zerihun Desta has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.93, set at Belgian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 42.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 491st in Belgium. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, he has put 96 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.44 in October 2022 to 20.93, a 26% improvement. Elias has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.5% of 284,439 all-time
20.93
signature single · Belgian Nationals 2023
96
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×320.9326.67
top 42.5%491 / 1,094
Skewb11.1515.08
top 61.6%259 / 394
2×27.168.17
top 61.7%533 / 777
Pyraminx11.9014.90
top 66.6%431 / 589
4×42:01.21
top 82.2%373 / 459
Megaminx3:31.93
early days — 2 solves177 / 197

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

Belgian Nationals 2022: 28.44Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 23.86Visé Sunday Open 2023: 24.66Belgian Nationals 2023: 20.93Belgian Nationals 2024: 22.7320.9328.4429 Oct 202216 Nov 2024

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-10 Skewb single — 40,263 people have one; it is 1.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.