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David Nelson Jr.

3×3 · top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019JRDA02

David Nelson Jr. has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.02, set at North Star Cubing Challenge 2020, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,708th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since November 2019, he has put 119 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.69 in November 2019 to 11.02, a 38% improvement. David has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.02
signature single · North Star Cubing Challenge 2020
119
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.0213.54
top 10.5%5,708 / 59,724
4×447.2758.06
top 21.2%3,212 / 19,072
Pyraminx6.2710.83
top 22.0%5,902 / 28,708
2×24.446.60
top 32.2%12,780 / 40,951
Skewb9.8412.49
top 53.9%9,763 / 18,907
5×52:16.51
early days — 1 solve5,053 / 9,401
Megaminx3:06.83
early days — 2 solves6,013 / 7,841

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

Fargo Fall 2019: 17.69Mega Minnesota Winter 2019: 14.20North Star Cubing Challenge 2020: 11.02Minnesota Cube Days 2020: 12.5311.0217.6923 Nov 20197 Mar 2020

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 1.02 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.