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Asa Nelson

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NELS06

Asa Nelson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.90, set at Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 748th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2023, he has put 567 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 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 6.90, a 71% improvement. Asa has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.90
signature single · Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026
567
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.908.08
top 1.2%748 / 59,724
Skewb2.964.39
top 4.8%748 / 18,907
4×433.2739.82
top 5.2%802 / 19,072
Pyraminx3.736.69
top 6.4%1,643 / 28,708
2×22.243.16
top 6.5%2,588 / 40,951
Clock6.037.17
top 7.3%576 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed14.8118.00
top 7.7%1,035 / 15,683
5×51:15.331:28.64
top 15.6%1,207 / 9,401
Square-125.9932.14
top 41.4%2,683 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,424 / 2,040
Megaminx2:53.55—
early days — 2 solves5,544 / 7,841
6×64:20.72—
early days — 1 solve2,846 / 4,196

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: 6.906.9023.536 May 20235 Sep 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.