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Landon Elkins
Pyraminx · top 18.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022ELKI01
Landon Elkins has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.77, set at Lake Placid 2023, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,864th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since February 2022, he has put 146 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.61 in February 2022 to 15.92, a 48% improvement. Landon has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.77 | 10.53 | top 18.3% | 4,864 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 15.92 | 17.62 | top 27.5% | 15,072 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.34 | 5.73 | top 43.5% | 17,536 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 16.11 | 19.50 | top 52.2% | 4,281 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 10,787 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 11.79 | 16.42 | top 65.0% | 12,087 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.68 | 1:18.27 | top 77.3% | 11,319 / 15,683 |
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
- 14 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Winter 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 19.39 at Lake Placid 2023.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.39 at Lake Placid 2023.
- 12 Feb 2022First competition: Cape Fear 2022. A 30.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lake Placid 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Fear 2022 · 12 Feb 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.
- Evan Liu — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Chermak — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ethan Qiu — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.