People · United States
Elijah Bessert
3×3 · top 62.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025BESS01
Elijah Bessert has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.95, set at Cottbus Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 62.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37,248th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.51 in March 2025 to 7.34, a 23% improvement. Elijah has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 29.95 | 41.53 | top 62.4% | 37,248 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 7.34 | 8.33 | top 63.1% | 25,986 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 12.34 | 19.06 | top 67.7% | 12,678 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 44.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,543 / 8,927 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.95 at Cottbus Cubing 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cottbus Cubing 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025First competition: Rahn Education Open 2025. A 34.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cottbus Cubing 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rahn Education Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
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.
- Matthias Hettwer — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jonah Stier — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Thierry Boisivon — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.