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Brooks Nelsen
Pyraminx · top 3.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024NELS13
Brooks Nelsen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Minnesota Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 876th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2024, he has put 454 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.43 in August 2024 to 12.24, a 69% improvement. Brooks has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.91 | 7.83 | top 3.3% | 876 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.24 | 15.11 | top 14.7% | 7,873 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.10 | 7.20 | top 18.9% | 3,008 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 5.12 | top 22.4% | 8,813 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 10.82 | 12.80 | top 29.2% | 2,273 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.16 | 1:44.80 | top 34.1% | 2,422 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.13 | 30.01 | top 34.6% | 4,555 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.92 | 1:09.90 | top 37.4% | 6,048 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 31.95 | 46.67 | top 53.2% | 3,493 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.67 | — | top 60.3% | 5,175 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 5:43.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,655 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 56 moves | 59.00 | top 90.2% | 1,833 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:35.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,017 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at SPAMTown IV MN 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.72 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.81 at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
Competitions
- SPAMTown IV MN 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Micro Minnesota 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Minnesota Slice 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Meetup IV Tuesday 2024 · 13 Aug 2024
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.
- Tyler Robinson — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kaius Young — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Walker Welch — met in 92 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.