People · United States
Wade Eleson
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023ELES01
Wade Eleson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Back to School Colorado 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,869th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 191 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.24 in March 2023 to 9.12, a 25% improvement. Wade 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.12 | 11.18 | top 5.1% | 2,869 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 5.42 | top 14.1% | 5,541 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.77 | 12.86 | top 26.0% | 7,125 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.16 | 13.89 | top 27.0% | 4,395 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.05 | 40.47 | top 53.5% | 7,406 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.34 | — | top 65.4% | 11,530 / 19,072 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.12 at Back to School Colorado 2024.
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Mile High Megacomp 2023. A 12.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Colorado Springs Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pi Day Cubing CO 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Centennial State Cube Off 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School Colorado 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spring Madness Colorado 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Unorthodox Blocks Colorado 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
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.
- Luke Ripperger — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Miles Walcott — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hudson Stuart — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.