People · United States
Elliott Mertens
3×3 · top 33.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019MERT02
Elliott Mertens has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.76, set at Big Cheese 2020, puts him in the top 33.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,520th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2019, he has put 66 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.56 in October 2019 to 17.76, a 31% improvement. Elliott 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.76 | 21.59 | top 33.4% | 18,520 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.59 | 8.98 | top 34.1% | 13,579 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.59 | 2:00.30 | top 66.2% | 11,705 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.95 | 22.42 | top 87.6% | 25,803 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 19.43 | 36.50 | top 88.8% | 17,087 / 18,907 |
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
- 9 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.66 at Albany Fall 2019.
- 20 Oct 2019First competition: Lake Country Fall 2019. A 25.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Cube Days 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cheese 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Small Cheese 2019 · 30 Dec 2019
- Wiscube 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Albany Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lake Country Fall 2019 · 20 Oct 2019
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.
- Joshua Feran — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.76 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.