People · United States
Chad Nilsen
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024NILS02
Chad Nilsen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.56, set at Space City Winter TX 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,231st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2024, he has put 179 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Chad has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.56 | 8.91 | top 2.1% | 1,231 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 2.19 | top 3.9% | 1,513 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 43.38 | 3:02.71 | top 7.8% | 156 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 37.00 | 39.40 | top 8.7% | 1,303 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.66 | 1:36.24 | top 22.1% | 1,706 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.81 | 8.78 | top 26.3% | 7,213 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.79 | 1:38.30 | top 28.1% | 1,943 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.12 | 31.25 | top 42.2% | 5,675 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 42.07 | 1:07.35 | top 67.9% | 4,467 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 6:27.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,295 / 3,184 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024. A 8.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Luke Nilsen — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Derek Herrera — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Garner James Nilsen — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.