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Elliott Smith

2×2 · top 11.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SMIT56

Elliott Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.78, set at Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,653rd in the United States. Across 15 competitions since October 2022, he has put 409 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.31 in October 2022 to 12.96, a 51% improvement. Elliott has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.78
signature single · Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026
409
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.783.92
top 11.8%4,653 / 40,951
3×312.9614.88
top 17.3%9,252 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.348.99
top 22.5%6,082 / 28,708
Skewb5.878.17
top 24.8%4,008 / 18,907
4×451.8254.89
top 26.9%4,148 / 19,072
Clock11.6113.35
top 33.1%2,610 / 8,927
Megaminx1:38.941:56.61
top 34.0%2,416 / 7,841
5×51:41.212:00.58
top 36.3%2,883 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed30.1332.99
top 46.9%6,399 / 15,683
Square-157.92—
top 82.3%5,496 / 6,743
6×65:46.00—
top 88.9%3,677 / 4,196

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

Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 26.31Richmond Spring 2023: 22.01ODU Big Blue Spring 2023: 19.65CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 17.78Virginia Championship 2023: 15.40Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024: 16.07ODU Big Blue Winter 2024: 16.80CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 13.61Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 13.05Virginia Always Open Spring 2025: 14.86Virginia Championship 2025: 16.22Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026: 14.13TJHSST Winter 2026: 14.08RVA Spring 2026: 14.13Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 12.9612.9626.3129 Oct 20222 Jul 2026

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 0.78 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.