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Elijah Layne

Megaminx · top 0.66% of 34,786 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019LAYN01

Elijah Layne has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 35.01, set at Edinburgh Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in the United States. Until October 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since October 2019, he has put 1,159 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.83 in October 2019 to 6.75, a 51% improvement. Elijah has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.66% of 34,786 all-time
35.01
signature single · Edinburgh Autumn 2025
1,159
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx35.0142.80
top 0.66%44 / 7,841
3×36.758.93
top 1.1%671 / 59,724
2×21.673.62
top 2.9%1,136 / 40,951
4×436.3341.87
top 8.0%1,211 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.0917.91
top 8.3%1,101 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.155.35
top 8.4%2,156 / 28,708
5×51:10.731:21.72
top 12.1%935 / 9,401
Clock7.729.37
top 13.8%1,060 / 8,927
Skewb4.545.89
top 14.8%2,307 / 18,907
Square-114.7322.13
top 15.8%1,068 / 6,743
6×62:24.062:40.70
top 22.6%806 / 4,196
7×73:39.103:47.93
top 23.2%657 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves37.33
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:47.44—
early days — 3 solves1,354 / 2,092

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

Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019: 13.83Blue Water Bridge Open 2022: 11.41Washtenaw Winter 2023: 10.12Ohio State Spring Gray 2023: 8.94CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.92Washtenaw Slow Summer 2023: 9.80Michigan Mini 9 2023: 8.42Michigan Mini 10 2023: 8.57Michigan Mini 11 2023: 8.81Michigan Championship 2024: 8.76Michigan Mini 20 2024: 9.08Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.78Michigan Mini 21 2024: 9.49Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 6.75Michigan Mini 22 2024: 9.04Washtenaw Summer 2024: 8.28Michigan Mini 25 2024: 10.66Don't Pop Preble 2024: 9.41Washtenaw Mini 3 2024: 9.71Bowling Green 2025: 8.34Michigan Mini 33 2025: 9.03CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 8.56Michigan Championship 2025: 7.18Michigan Mini 34 2025: 8.54Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 9.03Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 8.45Michigan Mini 39 2026: 8.12CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 7.956.7513.835 Oct 20195 Jun 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-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 5.01 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.