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Elliott Marini

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MARI05

Elliott Marini has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Cheltenham Summer 2022, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 284th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2022, he has put 149 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.34 in May 2022 to 8.38, a 26% improvement. Elliott has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.38
signature single · Cheltenham Summer 2022
149
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×38.3810.80
top 3.5%284 / 6,689
2×22.344.11
top 7.4%514 / 4,895
Pyraminx5.506.77
top 16.4%638 / 3,656
4×452.9258.64
top 28.3%633 / 2,071
Skewb6.358.43
top 28.5%665 / 2,421
3×3 one-handed32.5242.62
top 52.3%921 / 1,851
5×52:24.77
early days — 2 solves779 / 1,151

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

Wakefield Spring 2022: 11.34Cheltenham Summer 2022: 8.38Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 9.458.3811.347 May 202228 Oct 2022

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.