People · United States
Silas Emerian
2×2 · top 0.39% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019EMER01
Silas Emerian has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.91, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 169th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2019, he has put 563 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.37 in June 2019 to 6.27, a 33% improvement. Silas has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.91 | 1.90 | top 0.39% | 169 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 5.73 | 7.06 | top 0.65% | 60 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 | 6.27 | 7.92 | top 0.67% | 449 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.57 | 5.01 | top 2.4% | 641 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 3.02 | 4.59 | top 5.1% | 798 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 49.98 | 53.54 | top 5.2% | 373 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 33.79 | 36.19 | top 5.7% | 876 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.23 | 16.74 | top 6.6% | 916 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.94 | 1:20.05 | top 13.1% | 1,023 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 2:41.12 | 2:55.93 | top 31.4% | 1,129 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:49.92 | 4:59.07 | top 47.8% | 1,412 / 3,236 |
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
- 11 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2026.
- 18 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024.
- 30 Jun 2023Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Sleepless in Seattle 2023.
- 26 Nov 2021Eight personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2021.
- 21 Dec 2019Six personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Sleepless in Seattle 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022 · 24 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2021 · 26 Nov 2021 — 8 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Nico Harper (李有為) — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Paul Mahvi — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Square-1 single — 70 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.