People · Lithuania
Elijas Krūgelis
3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023KRUG04
Elijas Krūgelis has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.64, set at Vilnius Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Lithuania. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2023, he has put 201 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.61 in August 2023 to 7.64, a 48% improvement. Elijas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Lithuania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.64 | 10.38 | top 2.2% | 10 / 324 | |
| 2×2 | 1.63 | 3.42 | top 2.7% | 14 / 252 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.97 | 5.61 | top 7.5% | 18 / 178 | |
| 4×4 | 39.03 | 46.63 | top 11.0% | 18 / 152 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.39 | 1:47.69 | top 35.7% | 29 / 97 |
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 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Vilnius Spring Open 2025.
- 10 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Vilnius Spring Open 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Vilnius Winter Open 2025.
- 6 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Vilnius Winter 2024.
- 3 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Lithuanian Nationals 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First competition: Vilnius Summer Open 2023. A 14.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vilniaus Ruduo 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vilnius Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Vilnius Winter Open 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Vilnius Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Lithuanian Nationals 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Vilnius Summer Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023
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.
- Viltė Klioštoraitytė — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Mantas Urbanavičius — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mikas Motiejuitis — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.