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James Elliott

2×2 · top 0.52% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021ELLI02

James Elliott has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.98, set at Get to the Point 2022, puts him in the top 0.52% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 217th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2021, he has put 988 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.89 in October 2021 to 7.83, a 28% improvement. James has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.52% of 186,767 all-time
0.98
signature single · Get to the Point 2022
988
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.982.18
top 0.52%217 / 40,951
Pyraminx1.833.01
top 0.87%249 / 28,708
3×37.839.69
top 2.5%1,452 / 59,724
Skewb2.914.33
top 4.6%708 / 18,907
4×436.0042.22
top 7.7%1,175 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed14.8017.02
top 7.7%1,030 / 15,683
Square-111.9214.14
top 9.7%684 / 6,743
Clock8.659.98
top 18.2%1,397 / 8,927
Megaminx1:14.791:22.10
top 18.5%1,260 / 7,841
5×51:19.511:30.78
top 18.7%1,457 / 9,401
6×63:12.773:22.07
top 47.1%1,763 / 4,196
7×75:39.94—
top 62.5%1,872 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,424 / 2,040

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

Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021: 10.89Cubetcha A 2021: 8.92NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 9.72Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 8.89Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022: 8.59Milwaukee First 2022: 8.64Get to the Point 2022: 8.40Iowa Fall 2022: 9.912x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 9.02Dubuque Winter 2023: 9.28OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 8.59CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.58Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023: 7.83Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 9.40CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 9.66Green Bay 2023: 9.39Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.65Cubing in Oak Creek 2024: 8.83CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 7.934x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024: 7.877.8310.8930 Oct 20217 Dec 2024

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.