People · United States
Elise Danielson
Pyraminx · top 5.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024DANI02
Elise Danielson has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.49, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025, puts her in the top 5.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,411th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, she has put 245 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 30.23 in March 2024 to 11.31, a 63% improvement. Elise has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.49 | 4.90 | top 5.4% | 1,411 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.31 | 12.92 | top 11.5% | 6,193 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.41 | 25.09 | top 13.6% | 1,766 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.55 | 1:38.49 | top 25.3% | 1,739 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 4.17 | 5.20 | top 28.7% | 11,375 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 53.47 | 1:08.35 | top 28.9% | 4,505 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.54 | 9.13 | top 30.0% | 4,942 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 12.48 | 13.73 | top 37.3% | 2,963 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.53 | — | top 61.8% | 5,321 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 40.34 | 54.82 | top 65.8% | 4,325 / 6,743 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026.
- 22 Aug 2025Nine personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.11 at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Six personal bests in one day at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
- 1 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 22.03 at Rosemount Side Events 2024.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Minnesota Slice 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Rosemount Side Events 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 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 her.
- Bennett Rule — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Walker Welch — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Tyler Robinson — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
Targets move as she improves.