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Elijah Norman

Square-1 · top 4.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022NORM03

Elijah Norman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 9.14, set at Kent Fall 2025, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 346th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since July 2022, he has put 889 official solves on the record across 15 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 26.80 in July 2022 to 9.97, a 63% improvement. Elijah has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 4.7% of 25,272 all-time
9.14
signature single · Kent Fall 2025
889
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Square-19.1412.33
top 4.7%346 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed14.4520.97
top 7.0%935 / 15,683
3×39.9712.33
top 7.4%4,050 / 59,724
Skewb3.696.87
top 8.9%1,364 / 18,907
2×22.523.81
top 9.1%3,585 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.718.25
top 11.5%2,982 / 28,708
4×443.2651.59
top 16.1%2,442 / 19,072
Megaminx1:15.791:35.64
top 19.1%1,302 / 7,841
Clock9.3111.12
top 21.6%1,665 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded1:42.812:21.57
top 27.7%575 / 2,092
5×51:41.541:49.84
top 36.5%2,907 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves45.00
top 37.3%810 / 2,040
6×63:25.833:59.60
top 53.1%2,004 / 4,196
7×76:17.18—
top 71.6%2,212 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 34:48—
early days — 2 solves577 / 731

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

Inland Empire Summer 2022: 26.80SnoCo Veteran's Weekend B 2022: 19.23Bothell Spring Open 2023: 15.57Washington Championship 2023: 16.48Welcome to Olympia 2023: 15.05Lakewood Spring 2023: 16.93Kent Spring 2023: 15.66Mill Creek 2023: 14.60Maltby Mega Special 2023: 14.71SnoCo Has Too Much 3x3 2023: 13.48Lucky Lynnwood 2023: 12.67Lakewood Fall 2023: 12.36Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024: 12.73Olympia Classic 2024: 10.56Kent Spring 2024: 12.42Husky Pride Seattle 2024: 13.56CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 11.95Kent Summer 2024: 12.17Tacoma Winter 2025: 12.36Worlds Warmup Hillsboro 2025: 11.46Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.03Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025: 9.97Kent Fall 2025: 11.15Northwest Championship 2026: 11.609.9726.8030 Jul 202221 Aug 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-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.