People · Australia
Elijah Lim
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020LIME01
Elijah Lim has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.33, set at Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2020, he has put 251 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.66 in March 2020 to 7.33, a 56% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.33 | 8.53 | top 1.7% | 188 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.88 | 3.78 | top 12.9% | 983 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 45.10 | 50.56 | top 18.4% | 452 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 116 / 468 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.45 | 1:29.21 | top 25.2% | 317 / 1,277 | |
| Skewb | 6.22 | 10.55 | top 27.5% | 743 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.26 | 9.99 | top 30.0% | 1,559 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.50 | 27.79 | top 30.1% | 684 / 2,659 | |
| Square-1 | 23.17 | 28.57 | top 35.1% | 339 / 899 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:27.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 182 / 394 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.93 | 2:04.70 | top 44.6% | 602 / 1,356 |
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 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 16 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022.
- 5 Feb 2022Three personal bests in one day at Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022.
- 27 Mar 2021First sub-15 3×3: 8.44 at Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021.
- 27 Mar 2021First sub-10 3×3: 8.44 at Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021.
- 7 Mar 2020First competition: Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020. A 17.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrickville Big Cubes Day 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Silent Sydney 2022 · 27 Mar 2022
- Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021 · 22 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Wang — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Christopher Reid — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.