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Elijah Ackerman

3×3 · top 0.53% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ACKE01

Elijah Ackerman has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.08, set at Swallow Spring 2023, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 358th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since March 2019, he has put 825 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.74 in March 2019 to 6.08, an 85% improvement. Elijah has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.53% of 284,439 all-time
6.08
signature single · Swallow Spring 2023
825
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.087.61
top 0.53%358 / 59,724
Clock3.103.86
top 0.89%85 / 8,927
Pyraminx2.583.84
top 2.4%638 / 28,708
4×429.9632.33
top 2.8%455 / 19,072
2×21.752.32
top 3.3%1,289 / 40,951
5×558.171:05.71
top 4.6%380 / 9,401
Skewb2.934.81
top 4.7%725 / 18,907
Megaminx50.431:02.38
top 5.3%373 / 7,841
Square-110.3412.17
top 6.7%493 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed14.6016.46
top 7.3%978 / 15,683
7×73:04.853:25.85
top 11.9%323 / 3,184
6×62:11.992:16.98
top 16.3%583 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded3:17.63—
top 57.3%1,225 / 2,092

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

Cubing Peoria 2019: 39.74Three Attempts Chicago 2022: 9.39NxNaperville 2022: 10.05Cubing Peoria 2022: 9.51UIUC Fall 2022: 8.87UIUC Spring 2023: 6.46Swallow Spring 2023: 6.08Naperville Summer 2023: 7.83Peoria Fall 2023: 6.93UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024: 7.92Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 6.91Land of Lincoln 2024: 7.21Naperville Winter 2025: 7.44UIUC Side Events Spring 2025: 6.79Land of Lincoln 2025: 6.60CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 7.30UIUC Spring 2026: 6.256.0839.7430 Mar 20194 Apr 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 0.08 away.
  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.