People · United States
Elijah Slater
2×2 · top 0.12% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SLAT01
Elijah Slater has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.70, set at GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025, puts him in the top 0.12% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2024, he has put 827 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.35 in March 2024 to 5.61, a 40% improvement. Elijah has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 0.70 | 1.58 | top 0.12% | 48 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 5.61 | 7.10 | top 0.29% | 195 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.40 | 13.70 | top 2.3% | 365 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 2.63 | 4.06 | top 3.4% | 517 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 32.13 | 35.41 | top 4.3% | 683 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 6.18 | 6.91 | top 7.8% | 616 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.16 | 5.15 | top 8.5% | 2,175 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.55 | 1:10.25 | top 13.7% | 929 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 15.69 | 19.01 | top 18.0% | 1,221 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.85 | 1:26.17 | top 19.0% | 1,483 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:17.68 | 3:39.11 | top 49.4% | 1,849 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:07.63 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,554 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:54.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,392 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Charlotte Winter 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Six personal bests in one day at Solving in Savannah 2025.
- 13 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Georgia Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Solving in Savannah 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Middle Georgia Speedsolving 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead 66 times
- Daniel Mullen — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
- Justin Barker — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.