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Elijah De Groote

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 2.2% of 12,418 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014GROO01

Elijah De Groote has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 22 moves, set at I Hope It's Solved Edmonton 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 12,418 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Canada. Across 26 competitions since May 2014, he has put 500 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.77 in May 2014 to 8.00, a 69% improvement. Elijah has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 2.2% of 12,418 all-time
22 moves
signature single · I Hope It's Solved Edmonton 2025
500
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves25.67
top 2.2%7 / 284
3×38.009.13
top 2.8%285 / 10,502
2×21.893.49
top 4.1%259 / 7,245
3×3 one-handed14.2715.31
top 6.7%140 / 2,632
Megaminx55.2059.53
top 7.6%68 / 1,393
4×439.5643.74
top 11.7%291 / 3,180
5×51:16.381:29.33
top 16.5%199 / 1,546
Pyraminx5.778.75
top 18.3%756 / 4,913
Skewb5.077.88
top 18.7%432 / 2,928
Clock9.0210.22
top 20.0%173 / 1,057
3×3 blindfolded1:28.47—
top 22.5%71 / 362
Square-121.1724.22
top 30.7%269 / 973
6×62:47.512:54.33
top 34.9%180 / 683
7×74:46.454:52.65
top 46.7%196 / 519
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 53:48—
early days — 2 solves54 / 116

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

National Capital Region 2014: 25.77Pickering 2017: 11.49Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 10.75National Capital Region A 2023: 8.24Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024: 8.98Kingston Winter 2024: 8.30Ottawa Spring 2024: 8.00Ottawa Summer 2024: 9.00Ottawa Mini Winter B 2025: 8.69Championnat Canadien 2025: 8.47Ottawa Side Events A 2025: 9.12Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter C 2026: 8.20Open de Gatineau 2026: 8.18Ottawa Spring 2026: 10.17Ottawa Side Events B 2026: 9.208.0025.7717 May 201418 Oct 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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.