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Brian Nelson

3×3 · top 70.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019NELS08

Brian Nelson has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.25, set at BeCubed Summer 2019, puts him in the top 70.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43,589th in the United States. Across 1 competition since July 2019, he has put 19 official solves on the record across four events.

3×3
best event — top 70.9% of 288,433 all-time
35.25
signature single · BeCubed Summer 2019
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×335.2541.93
top 70.9%43,589 / 60,666
4×41:54.672:05.81
top 79.2%14,862 / 19,354
2×210.9613.41
top 81.3%34,274 / 41,674
Pyraminx16.7618.06
top 87.2%26,103 / 29,168

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 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-30 3×3 single — 180,530 people have one; it is 5.25 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 54,126 people have one; it is 24.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.