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Asa Nelson

3×3 · top 1.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NELS06

Asa Nelson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.71, set at Oregon State Fall 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 666th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2023, he has put 627 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.53 in May 2023 to 6.71, a 71% improvement. Asa has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.0% of 288,433 all-time
6.71
signature single · Oregon State Fall 2026
627
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.718.04
top 1.0%666 / 60,666
3×3 one-handed12.7916.25
top 4.1%611 / 15,900
Skewb2.964.39
top 4.8%761 / 19,164
4×433.2739.82
top 5.2%813 / 19,354
2×22.122.63
top 5.6%2,278 / 41,674
Pyraminx3.736.08
top 6.4%1,674 / 29,168
Clock6.037.17
top 7.3%584 / 9,172
5×51:15.331:24.11
top 15.7%1,233 / 9,537
Square-125.9932.14
top 41.5%2,727 / 6,846
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,439 / 2,059
Megaminx2:53.55—
early days — 2 solves5,680 / 8,026
6×64:20.72—
early days — 1 solve2,893 / 4,262

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

Rose City 2023: 23.53Eugene Cubing 2023: 16.60Virginia Beach Fall 2023: 14.88Puerto Rico Open 2024: 11.49Oregon Championship 2024: 9.91Redding Fall 2024: 9.69Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024: 10.33Barbados 2025: 12.35Tokyo Spring PM 2025: 10.27Kanto Spring 2025: 9.20Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.42Tokyo Summer 2025: 8.54Kanto Summer PM 2025: 7.50Kanto Autumn AM 2025: 8.85Ota Autumn 2025: 8.00Tokyo Winter 2025: 9.84Ota Winter 2026: 9.09Kanto Winter 2026: 7.95Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026: 6.90Oregon State Fall 2026: 6.716.7123.536 May 20233 Oct 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.