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Caedmon Nelson

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022NELS06

Caedmon Nelson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at MYHM Indonesian Championship 2023, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,998th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2022, he has put 92 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.85 in July 2022 to 10.56, a 37% improvement. Caedmon has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.56
signature single · MYHM Indonesian Championship 2023
92
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.5611.96
top 9.1%4,998 / 59,724
2×23.204.21
top 16.6%6,516 / 40,951
Skewb5.569.03
top 22.4%3,573 / 18,907
4×454.3558.09
top 29.9%4,696 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.2410.68
top 38.2%10,923 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed28.9433.86
top 44.2%5,982 / 15,683
5×52:29.412:52.91
top 65.5%5,706 / 9,401
Clock48.31
early days — 2 solves8,669 / 8,927

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

Medan Revival 2022: 16.85YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 15.68MYHM Indonesian Championship 2023: 10.5610.5616.8531 Jul 202229 Sep 2023

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 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.