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Adam Nielson

3×3 · top 18.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023NIEL08

Adam Nielson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.32, set at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023, puts him in the top 18.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,956th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since September 2023, he has put 45 official solves on the record across seven events. Adam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 18.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.32
signature single · Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.3223.59
top 18.6%9,956 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.1110.27
top 37.1%10,536 / 28,708
2×25.107.95
top 40.6%16,297 / 40,951
Megaminx2:57.00
early days — 1 solve5,687 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed47.81
early days — 3 solves10,819 / 15,683
5×53:06.11
early days — 2 solves7,274 / 9,401
Skewb27.6634.84
top 96.3%18,419 / 18,907

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

Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 13.32CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 21.0813.3221.0817 Sep 202320 Oct 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.