People · United States
Elon Perng
2×2 · top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024PERN02
Elon Perng has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,165th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2024, he has put 512 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.21 in August 2024 to 8.98, a 41% improvement. Elon has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 3.31 | top 2.9% | 1,165 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 8.35 | 11.10 | top 3.5% | 263 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 | 8.98 | 10.70 | top 4.8% | 2,749 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.41 | 5.75 | top 5.1% | 1,354 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 45.97 | 54.14 | top 19.6% | 3,010 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.51 | 1:58.03 | top 21.3% | 1,676 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.77 | 1:40.82 | top 30.0% | 2,146 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 11.47 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,596 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 7.06 | 9.14 | top 34.2% | 5,848 / 19,164 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 2 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at 7x7 Off I-70 MO 2026.
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at 7x7 Off I-70 MO 2026.
- 1 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Naperville Winter 2025.
- 22 Nov 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Indiana Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Concordia Fall Foliage 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- 7x7 Off I-70 MO 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Concordia Turning Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quad Cities Sunday 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Algs in Ankeny 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- St. Louis Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Winter 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Indiana Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Lucas Stambaugh — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Edward Vakula — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 781 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.