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Ellis Cain

3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022CAIN01

Ellis Cain has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.21, set at Cubing in HD 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2022, he has put 802 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.58 in September 2022 to 8.21, a 62% improvement. Ellis has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time
8.21
signature single · Cubing in HD 2024
802
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×38.2111.46
top 3.2%178 / 4,182
2×22.134.15
top 5.7%242 / 2,931
Pyraminx4.006.64
top 7.7%183 / 2,020
Megaminx1:07.241:19.69
top 14.1%100 / 798
3×3 one-handed17.7526.77
top 14.5%188 / 1,328
4×442.1846.26
top 14.8%271 / 1,966
Skewb4.699.47
top 15.9%221 / 1,192
5×51:23.901:38.10
top 22.5%236 / 1,175
Square-145.72—
early days — 2 solves385 / 541

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

Swiss Nationals 2022: 21.58Swisscubing Cup V 2022: 17.90Swiss Science Open 2022: 13.31Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 14.86Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 14.21Swisscubing Cup II 2023: 13.52Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023: 12.22Swisscubing Cup III 2023: 12.30Swiss Nationals 2023: 11.03Cubing Returns Munich B 2023: 10.43Swisscubing Cup V 2023: 10.42Swisscubing Cup Final 2023: 12.91Swiss Science Open 2023: 11.07Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 10.7610 Johr Wiler Würfelfäst 2024: 10.64Cubing in HD 2024: 8.21Swisscubing Cup III 2024: 10.42Swisscubing Cup IV 2024: 9.86Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.40Swiss Nationals 2024: 9.31Lonay Cube 2024: 10.48Swiss Science Open 2024: 10.56Martigny Open 2025: 10.16Swisscubing Cup IV 2025: 9.35La Côte Open 2025: 10.098.2121.589 Sep 202223 Aug 2025

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 — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.