People · United States
Elijah Perez
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016PERE07
Elijah Perez has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,039th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2016, he has put 173 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.38 in February 2016 to 8.40, a 61% improvement. Elijah has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.40 | 10.59 | top 3.6% | 2,039 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 5.37 | top 21.4% | 8,468 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.35 | 1:12.05 | top 38.0% | 6,221 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.79 | 18.00 | top 51.4% | 15,178 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.39 | 37.42 | top 56.3% | 7,919 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:20.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,363 / 8,026 |
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
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.40 at Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024.
- 2 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at New York Championship 2022.
- 29 May 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.41 at Cube For A Cure Spring 2016.
- 27 Feb 2016First competition: Big Apple Cube Clash 2016. A 21.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Amherst Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cube For A Cure Spring 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Big Apple Cube Clash 2016 · 27 Feb 2016
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.
- Carter Williams — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ayden Dincher — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Hughes — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.