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Elsa Smolin

Skewb · top 46.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SMOL01

Elsa Smolin has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Maine Spring 2023, puts her in the top 46.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,175th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2022, she has put 61 official solves on the record across five events. Her Skewb best has come down from 10.38 in October 2022 to 8.68, a 16% improvement. Elsa has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 46.3% of 73,281 all-time
8.68
signature single · Maine Spring 2023
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb8.6814.46
top 46.3%8,175 / 18,907
3×325.6532.47
top 54.0%31,715 / 59,724
2×27.589.00
top 64.9%26,755 / 40,951
Pyraminx14.2518.72
top 78.9%23,362 / 28,708
4×42:41.29
top 93.9%18,008 / 19,072

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

Maine Fall 2022: 10.38Maine Spring 2023: 8.68Maine Winter 2024: 8.688.6810.3815 Oct 20222 Mar 2024

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as she improves.