People · United States
Gavin Elison
Clock · top 9.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ELIS01
Gavin Elison has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.64, set at Puzzles in Pottsville 2025, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 744th in the United States. Until June 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2022, he has put 378 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.89 in May 2022 to 14.18, a 41% improvement. Gavin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.64 | 9.19 | top 9.6% | 744 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 4.71 | top 13.4% | 5,283 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.18 | 17.92 | top 21.6% | 11,677 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.65 | 13.15 | top 25.0% | 6,829 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 10.19 | 13.09 | top 56.1% | 10,190 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.59 | — | top 74.2% | 13,466 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.33 | 1:15.77 | top 78.8% | 11,602 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 53.60 | 1:21.01 | top 79.2% | 5,261 / 6,743 |
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
- 21 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at Pennsylvania Championship 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.17 at Cougar Qualifier 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2022.
- 14 May 2022First competition: River Hill Spring 2022. A 23.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berwick Spring 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berwick Fall 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cougar Qualifier 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dunkirk Spring A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022
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.
- Zach Ridall — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eric Hsu (徐玉云) — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Livia Kleiner — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.