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Alexander Nelson

3×3 · top 25.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016NELS02

Alexander Nelson has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.45, set at Spring Scramble 2016, puts him in the top 25.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,133rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2016, he has put 76 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.13 in February 2016 to 15.45, a 33% improvement. Alexander has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.9% of 284,439 all-time
15.45
signature single · Spring Scramble 2016
76
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.4519.30
top 25.9%14,133 / 59,724
2×24.456.02
top 32.3%12,833 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed35.6852.76
top 58.5%8,162 / 15,683
Skewb11.0512.97
top 61.1%11,252 / 18,907
Pyraminx12.8815.34
top 72.3%21,405 / 28,708
4×41:47.72
early days — 2 solves13,771 / 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

For The Love Of Cubing 2016: 23.13Spring Scramble 2016: 15.45Central Florida Summer 2016: 18.4315.4523.1313 Feb 20167 May 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.