People · South Africa
Elisha Melzer
2×2 · top 64.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018MELZ01
Elisha Melzer has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.52, set at CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 64.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 753rd in South Africa. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 60 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 30.69 in October 2019 to 7.52, a 75% improvement. Elisha 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 | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 7.52 | 9.70 | top 64.4% | 753 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 36.62 | 43.10 | top 72.7% | 1,304 / 2,164 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubes Cape Town 2022.
- 14 Mar 2020First sub-60 3×3: 37.71 at Cape Town Summer 2020.
- 9 Apr 2018First competition: Speedcubes Cape Town 2018. A 1:48.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubes Cape Town 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cape Town Summer 2022 · 6 Mar 2022
- Cape Town Summer 2020 · 14 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town Spring 2019 · 20 Oct 2019
- Speedcubes Cape Town 2018 · 9 Apr 2018
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.
- Maverick Pearson — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brent Boswell — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Rush — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.