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Ellis Orbeck

3×3 · top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021ORBE01

Ellis Orbeck has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.09, set at Kent Summer 2023, puts him in the top 28.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,374th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2021, he has put 33 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.72 in November 2021 to 16.09, a 22% improvement. Ellis has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time
16.09
signature single · Kent Summer 2023
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.0919.25
top 28.1%15,374 / 59,724
2×28.029.18
top 67.9%28,038 / 40,951
Pyraminx20.7326.26
top 93.7%27,405 / 28,708

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

SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021: 20.72Kent Summer 2023: 16.09Odd Olympia 2023: 17.0616.0920.7220 Nov 202128 Oct 2023

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.