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Elliott Ross

2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010ROSS01

Elliott Ross has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at Indiana 2014, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,139th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since July 2010, he has put 868 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.83 in July 2010 to 10.77, a 72% improvement. Elliott has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.40
signature single · Indiana 2014
868
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.405.02
top 8.0%3,139 / 40,951
3×310.7713.49
top 9.8%5,310 / 59,724
4×452.301:02.07
top 27.5%4,255 / 19,072
5×51:34.051:40.78
top 30.7%2,431 / 9,401
Pyraminx8.3112.83
top 38.9%11,105 / 28,708
6×63:00.783:21.41
top 41.4%1,523 / 4,196
Megaminx1:56.232:18.47
top 43.7%3,187 / 7,841
7×74:47.255:03.55
top 46.9%1,363 / 3,184
Clock18.0423.53
top 58.9%4,931 / 8,927
Square-136.0049.88
top 59.9%3,956 / 6,743
Skewb10.9416.72
top 60.5%11,117 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed37.3446.07
top 61.4%8,646 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded5:42.73—
early days — 1 solve1,752 / 2,092

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

Cat and Mouse 2010: 38.83Dayton Open 2010: 21.93UIUC Spring 2011: 20.68Dayton Blind 2011: 13.83Iowa Open 2011: 15.96United States National Championships 2011: 16.30Indiana 2011: 11.08Dixon Open 2012: 14.72UIUC Fall 2012: 13.47Indiana 2012: 15.18Dixon Winter 2013: 13.27UIUC Spring 2013: 12.41Dixon Summer 2013: 14.78World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 15.12Indiana 2013: 13.66Hillsdale Fall 2013: 13.76UIUC Fall 2013: 13.28Dixon Spring 2014: 12.27Dixon Summer 2014: 14.32Indiana 2014: 13.69Wiscube 2014: 15.24Indiana 2015: 12.93Clock N' Other Stuff 2016: 13.77Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 13.04Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 13.58UIUC Fall 2019: 10.77UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024: 13.3910.7738.8317 Jul 201030 Mar 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.