People · Canada
Erik Level
2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025LEVE04
Erik Level has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at BC Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 89th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2025, he has put 390 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.61 in September 2025 to 8.58, a 41% improvement. Erik has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.30 | 2.40 | top 1.4% | 89 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 8.58 | 10.33 | top 3.9% | 379 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.40 | 6.82 | top 9.7% | 353 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 4.26 | 7.13 | top 12.7% | 270 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 41.90 | 49.49 | top 14.4% | 361 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.45 | 23.27 | top 16.3% | 343 / 2,620 | |
| Square-1 | 15.29 | 17.66 | top 17.1% | 145 / 952 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.91 | 1:32.54 | top 23.2% | 274 / 1,499 | |
| Clock | 10.68 | 12.47 | top 28.5% | 255 / 1,029 | |
| 6×6 | 2:51.92 | 3:19.04 | top 37.0% | 189 / 665 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.33 | 2:29.37 | top 51.4% | 589 / 1,375 | |
| 7×7 | 5:29.92 | — | early days — 3 solves | 251 / 503 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 205 / 283 |
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 2026Eight personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Spring 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Calgary Spring 2026.
- 4 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Victoria Winter 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025First competition: Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025. A 14.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- BC Quiet Championship 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026 · 7 Jun 2026
- Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Mini Morning 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Calgary Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Victoria Winter 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
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.
- Heewon Hwang — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Catherine Connolly — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Devin Raghu — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.