People · United States
Elliott Lai
3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LAIE01
Elliott Lai has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.25, set at Ephrata Fall 2025, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,514th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, he has put 155 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.89 in March 2024 to 10.25, a 43% improvement. Elliott has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.25 | 12.80 | top 8.2% | 4,514 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.55 | 4.39 | top 20.8% | 8,171 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.09 | 22.39 | top 23.5% | 3,013 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 8.74 | 12.52 | top 46.7% | 8,256 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.86 | 1:14.67 | top 46.7% | 7,775 / 19,072 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.00 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 21 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: New-Cumberland County 2024. A 17.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- King of Prussia Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Ephrata Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- High Five Bloomsburg 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
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.
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zach Ridall — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.