People · United Kingdom
Elizabeth Shirley
Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016SHIR07
Elizabeth Shirley has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.18, set at Hampshire Winter 2024, puts her in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 168th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2016, she has put 564 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.33 in November 2016 to 10.69, a 52% improvement. Elizabeth has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.18 | 7.45 | top 4.3% | 168 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 4.57 | top 9.4% | 619 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 10.69 | 13.55 | top 9.5% | 692 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 4.27 | 8.51 | top 12.8% | 292 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 42.25 | 51.95 | top 14.8% | 341 / 2,071 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.27 | 1:39.54 | top 22.0% | 260 / 966 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.31 | 1:38.57 | top 25.9% | 338 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.16 | 38.92 | top 53.7% | 949 / 1,851 | |
| Square-1 | 54.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 641 / 778 |
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
- 17 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Hampshire Winter 2024.
- 7 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
- 24 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2018.
- 17 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 11.92 at Guildford Open 2018.
- 25 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2017.
- 27 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2017.
Competitions
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Autumn 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Chester Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Guildford Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Manchester Open 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016
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.
- Charlie Stark — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead once
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 99 rounds, never finished ahead
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as she improves.