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Andrew Nelson

Square-1 · top 6.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since May 2007 · 2007NELS01

Andrew Nelson has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 10.31, set at Caltech Spring Open 2014, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 489th in the United States. Until August 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since May 2007, he has put 693 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.21 in May 2007 to 12.13, a 57% improvement. Andrew has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 6.7% of 25,272 all-time
10.31
signature single · Caltech Spring Open 2014
693
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Square-110.3113.35
top 6.7%489 / 6,743
3×312.1315.48
top 14.3%7,670 / 59,724
2×23.526.22
top 20.5%8,023 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed25.5628.26
top 35.7%4,711 / 15,683
4×41:00.881:10.63
top 37.4%6,043 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
top 44.7%969 / 2,040
Skewb8.6322.89
top 45.9%8,105 / 18,907
Megaminx2:08.582:26.39
top 50.4%3,759 / 7,841
Pyraminx10.4012.39
top 56.1%16,407 / 28,708
5×52:24.002:44.75
top 63.0%5,441 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded3:47.84—
top 65.2%1,356 / 2,092

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

Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007: 28.21San Diego competition 2007: 31.19Caltech Fall competition 2007: 24.31UCSD competition 2008: 26.40Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 18.46US Nationals and Open 2008: 20.28Caltech Fall 2008: 18.33Discovery Science Center 10th Anniversary 2008: 22.27San Francisco Open 2009: 21.38Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 21.10San Diego Open 2009: 20.43US Nationals 2009: 18.61Caltech Fall competition 2009: 17.53Bayview Hills Open 2010: 19.90Discovery Science Center competition 2010: 20.50United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 17.43Marymount Open 2010: 17.75Caltech Winter 2011: 14.41United States National Championships 2011: 16.28Caltech Spring 2012: 13.65United States National Championships 2012: 12.69Caltech Fall Open 2012: 12.69World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 15.09Caltech Fall Open 2013: 16.05Caltech Spring Open 2014: 16.22US Nationals 2014: 16.02Newport Winter Open 2014: 12.13US Nationals 2016: 15.4912.1331.195 May 200729 Jul 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-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.