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Elika Kainoa

3×3 · top 13.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015KAIN01

Elika Kainoa has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.82, set at Oregon State Fall 2026, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,233rd in the United States. Across 25 competitions since September 2015, he has put 513 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.95 in September 2015 to 11.82, a 70% improvement. Elika has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 288,433 all-time
11.82
signature single · Oregon State Fall 2026
513
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.8213.94
top 13.3%7,233 / 60,666
Pyraminx5.2410.66
top 14.7%3,924 / 29,168
2×23.595.93
top 21.4%8,468 / 41,674
3×3 one-handed21.4330.69
top 24.5%3,187 / 15,900
4×449.731:01.57
top 24.5%3,792 / 19,354
Megaminx1:26.631:47.82
top 26.1%1,833 / 8,026
Skewb6.7012.98
top 31.4%5,259 / 19,164
5×51:35.591:54.51
top 32.0%2,559 / 9,537
Clock27.08—
top 80.4%7,298 / 9,172

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

Keep Portland Weird 2015: 38.95Puget Sound Open 2015: 32.07PDX Cubing Beta 2015: 25.02Oregon State Alpha 2016: 23.99PDX Cubing Alpha 2016: 18.20Rose City 2016: 22.52US Nationals 2016: 16.34PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 15.98Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017: 18.16Rose City 2017: 17.83PortlaNxNd 2024: 16.72Hillsboro Favorites 2024: 16.18Oregon Championship 2024: 16.20McMinnville Cubing Fall 2024: 13.65Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024: 14.56Hillsboro Winter 2025: 13.69Eugene Cubing Spring 2025: 13.54Worlds Warmup Hillsboro 2025: 14.66Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 14.06Oregon Championship 2025: 13.25UO Fall 2025: 13.07Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025: 12.54McMinnville Favorites 2026: 14.89Northwest Championship 2026: 12.85Oregon State Fall 2026: 11.8211.8238.9519 Sep 20153 Oct 2026

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-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.