People · United States
Garner James Nilsen
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024NILS03
Garner James Nilsen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.69, set at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 645th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2024, he has put 211 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.60 in March 2024 to 6.69, a 12% improvement. Garner has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 6.69 | 7.97 | top 1.0% | 645 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.78 | 4.02 | top 2.9% | 785 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 1.93 | 2.90 | top 4.3% | 1,705 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 8.55 | 10.53 | top 17.7% | 1,354 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.54 | 23.93 | top 22.0% | 2,831 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 48.21 | 54.38 | top 22.4% | 3,392 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.81 | 1:56.53 | top 40.4% | 3,263 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 10.53 | 14.54 | top 58.2% | 10,650 / 18,907 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024. A 7.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best 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 42 rounds, finished ahead 23 times · head to head
- Noah Silva — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Derek Herrera — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.