People · United States
Elijah Barkan
2×2 · top 10.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BARK05
Elijah Barkan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.69, set at Kisco Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,258th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since May 2023, he has put 324 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.33 in May 2023 to 12.82, a 21% improvement. Elijah has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.34 | top 10.8% | 4,258 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.82 | 15.62 | top 16.8% | 8,991 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.59 | 8.41 | top 17.0% | 4,520 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 8.94 | 10.74 | top 19.7% | 1,506 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.56 | 1:11.84 | top 39.2% | 6,376 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 25.59 | 28.61 | top 40.4% | 2,622 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.97 | 38.66 | top 46.6% | 6,340 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 10.47 | 14.69 | top 57.9% | 10,571 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,032 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 7:05.24 | 7:45.28 | early days — 3 solves | 2,543 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:01.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,797 / 2,092 | |
| 6×6 | 5:39.06 | 5:45.48 | early days — 3 solves | 3,627 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 4:06.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,322 / 7,841 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kisco Cubing 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Penn Cube Day Fall 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.94 at Edgemont Cubing 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Six personal bests in one day at New-Cumberland County 2024.
- 6 May 2023First competition: GCU Spring 2023. A 16.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cherry Hill Mini June 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ephrata Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kisco Cubing 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Edgemont Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Wilmington Warmup 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.