People · United States
Elliott Gardner
2×2 · top 0.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023GARD12
Elliott Gardner has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026, puts him in the top 0.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 332nd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2023, he has put 364 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.66 in July 2023 to 8.00, a 57% improvement. Elliott has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.11 | 3.51 | top 0.8% | 332 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 8.00 | 9.41 | top 2.8% | 1,649 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.25 | 7.05 | top 14.8% | 3,941 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.34 | 20.84 | top 16.1% | 2,097 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 43.78 | 46.67 | top 16.8% | 2,581 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.98 | 1:42.99 | top 28.2% | 2,244 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 7.15 | 17.59 | top 34.9% | 5,988 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 12.41 | 15.30 | top 37.0% | 3,005 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026.
- 21 Aug 2026Six personal bests in one day at Northwest Championship 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Battle Ground 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024.
- 13 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Oregon State Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Northwest Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Battle Ground 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Corvallis 2025 · 4 May 2025
- Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Eugene Cubing 2023 · 8 Jul 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.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Clancy Caster — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Tripp Peters — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.