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Cole Nelson

2×2 · top 36.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016NELS05

Cole Nelson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.79, set at Westlake Open 2016, puts him in the top 36.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,644th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2016, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.52 in July 2016 to 47.46, a 15% improvement. Cole has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 36.6% of 186,767 all-time
4.79
signature single · Westlake Open 2016
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.7919.86
top 36.6%14,644 / 40,951
3×347.4651.35
top 84.1%51,527 / 59,724
Pyraminx16.3918.63
top 86.2%25,392 / 28,708

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

Westlake Open 2016: 55.52Longhorn Cube Day 2017: 47.4647.4655.5223 Jul 201618 Nov 2017

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 7.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.