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Elijah Yost

2×2 · top 15.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022YOST01

Elijah Yost has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.07, set at Utah Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 15.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,906th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2022, he has put 64 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.35 in January 2022 to 16.58, a 35% improvement. Elijah has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 15.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.07
signature single · Utah Newcomers 2025
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.075.19
top 15.1%5,906 / 40,951
3×316.5820.12
top 29.7%16,282 / 59,724
Skewb11.5214.43
top 63.6%11,796 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:08.29
early days — 1 solve13,426 / 15,683
Pyraminx18.1121.24
top 90.0%26,437 / 28,708

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

Utah Ice Cubing 2022: 25.35Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022: 21.48Utah Newcomers 2025: 18.33Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025: 16.5816.5825.3529 Jan 20225 Apr 2025

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.