People · United States
Elijah Kurcz
2×2 · top 9.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024KURC01
Elijah Kurcz has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.51, set at IlliNxNois Spring 2025, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,612th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2024, he has put 308 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.09 in September 2024 to 13.71, a 38% improvement. Elijah has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.51 | 5.84 | top 9.1% | 3,612 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 13.71 | 15.38 | top 20.0% | 10,930 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.46 | 10.78 | top 23.5% | 6,482 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 10.22 | 11.63 | top 26.1% | 2,063 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 7.78 | 11.83 | top 39.7% | 6,927 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.24 | 1:13.89 | top 44.3% | 7,410 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.15 | 2:40.06 | top 57.3% | 4,942 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:28.70 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,682 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.28 | 56.90 | top 70.8% | 10,318 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 45.35 | 53.11 | top 71.5% | 4,756 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 4:43.81 | 6:04.88 | top 78.2% | 3,162 / 4,262 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Machesney Park Fall 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.17 at Land of Lincoln 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Land of Lincoln 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.71 at IlliNxNois Spring 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at IlliNxNois Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Machesney Park Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Naperville Gray Skies 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Machesney Park Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- WisconsiNxN 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- IlliNxNois Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kenosha First B 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DuPage Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 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.
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jayden Kvernmo — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Bois — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.