People · United States
Elijah Strait
2×2 · top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019STRA04
Elijah Strait has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,460th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2019, he has put 100 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.96 in April 2019 to 16.12, a 35% improvement. Elijah has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 2.49 | 5.46 | top 8.8% | 3,460 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 16.12 | 19.43 | top 28.2% | 15,420 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.18 | 12.97 | top 46.4% | 13,347 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 8.87 | 11.51 | top 47.6% | 8,431 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 55.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,103 / 15,683 |
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 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.02 at Battle for Toledo 2019.
- 14 Apr 2019First competition: Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019. A 24.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mishawaka Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2019 · 9 Aug 2019
- 3rd Coast Cubing 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019 · 14 Apr 2019
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.
- Yuxuan Chen — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andrew Shattuck — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- James Hildreth — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.