People · United States
Elijah Eckert
2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022ECKE01
Elijah Eckert has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at West Side Cube Clash 2023, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,826th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2022, he has put 259 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.34 in October 2022 to 16.37, a 48% 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 | 2.58 | 4.08 | top 9.7% | 3,826 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.56 | 7.90 | top 10.6% | 2,761 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 9.44 | 13.21 | top 22.2% | 1,712 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 16.37 | 20.91 | top 29.0% | 15,898 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.10 | 2:08.59 | top 42.1% | 3,057 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.62 | 2:36.13 | top 48.4% | 4,051 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.57 | 1:36.11 | top 59.6% | 10,320 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 11.49 | 15.22 | top 63.5% | 11,770 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 38.72 | 55.30 | top 63.8% | 4,198 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 6:26.87 | 6:56.03 | early days — 3 solves | 2,286 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.41 | 50.44 | top 75.3% | 10,930 / 15,683 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Land of Lincoln 2025.
- 27 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.13 at Evanston Summer Side Events 2023.
- 27 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Evanston Summer Side Events 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at West Side Cube Clash 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.88 at UIUC Spring 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022First competition: Mt. Prospect Open 2022. A 31.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Racing Kane 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Deerfield Dodecahedrons 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Racing Kane 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mt. Prospect Mini Marathon 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Evanston Fall Mini B 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Evanston Summer Side Events 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- West Side Cube Clash 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- UIUC Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mt. Prospect Open 2022 · 8 Oct 2022
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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
- Simon Kellum — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ant Irizarry — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.