People · United States
Elijah Palacios
2×2 · top 2.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025PALA06
Elijah Palacios has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Missouri Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 846th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2025, he has put 163 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.21 in April 2025 to 11.56, a 24% improvement. Elijah has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 1.48 | 4.54 | top 2.1% | 846 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 7.66 | top 11.5% | 3,048 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 11.56 | 13.55 | top 12.4% | 6,763 / 60,666 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.55 | 1:44.40 | top 26.6% | 1,877 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 53.58 | 1:03.57 | top 29.1% | 4,598 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 7.46 | 8.92 | top 37.3% | 6,447 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 32.01 | 47.49 | top 53.3% | 3,556 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.89 | 55.94 | top 74.8% | 10,980 / 15,900 |
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
- 10 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 11.93 at Nebraska Championship 2026.
- 10 Apr 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Nebraska Championship 2026.
- 18 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025First competition: Nebraska Championship 2025. A 15.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nebraska Championship 2026 · 10 Apr 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Lawrence Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kansas City Side Events 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nebraska Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025
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.
- Chaeli Baker — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zachary Johnson — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.