People · United States
Gavin Nelson
2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007NELS02
Gavin Nelson has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Safe Haven competition 2010, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,585th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since November 2007, he has put 1,314 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.16 in November 2007 to 11.96, a 74% improvement. Gavin has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 4.60 | top 9.1% | 3,585 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.96 | 14.17 | top 13.8% | 7,372 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.53 | 23.63 | top 19.2% | 2,475 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 17.55 | 27.05 | top 22.3% | 1,474 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 10.31 | 11.59 | top 26.7% | 2,052 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 59.11 | 1:06.63 | top 35.5% | 5,726 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.18 | 10.69 | top 37.7% | 10,752 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.59 | 2:01.98 | top 41.2% | 2,991 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.72 | 2:06.23 | top 46.5% | 3,854 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:14.78 | — | top 56.6% | 1,206 / 2,092 | |
| 6×6 | 4:29.38 | 4:49.14 | top 74.5% | 2,948 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:57.28 | 7:37.18 | top 79.7% | 2,498 / 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
- 6 Aug 2010Three personal bests in one day at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 7 Feb 2009Three personal bests in one day at Newark Winter 2009.
- 15 Nov 2008First sub-15 3×3: 13.34 at Drexel Fall 2008.
- 15 Nov 2008Three personal bests in one day at Drexel Fall 2008.
- 19 Jul 2008Five personal bests in one day at US Nationals and Open 2008.
- 14 Jun 2008Six personal bests in one day at Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008.
Competitions
- SPCS Stanford Spring 2015 · 19 Apr 2015
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012
- Harvard Spring 2012 · 7 Apr 2012
- Bridgewater Open 2011 · 3 Dec 2011
- Liberty Science Center Open 2011 · 5 Nov 2011
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011
- Yale Fall 2011 · 10 Sep 2011
- Hackley Summer 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Captain's Cove competition 2011 · 28 May 2011
- Park Ridge Open 2011 · 14 May 2011
- St. Joseph's College Winter 2011 · 15 Jan 2011
- Liberty Science Center Open 2010 · 18 Dec 2010 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Captain's Cove competition 2010 · 29 May 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Safe Haven competition 2010 · 1 May 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Washington DC Open 2010 · 30 Jan 2010 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Connecticut Summer Competition 2009 · 1 Aug 2009
- Big Cubes Summer competition 2009 · 26 Jul 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Safe Haven competition 2009 · 20 Jun 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Drexel Winter 2009 · 14 Mar 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- EPGY Stanford Winter 2009 · 14 Feb 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Newark Winter 2009 · 7 Feb 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Westchester Fall 2008 · 22 Nov 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Drexel Fall 2008 · 15 Nov 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Newark Open 2008 · 8 Nov 2008 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 5 personal bests set
- Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008 · 14 Jun 2008 — 6 personal bests set
- Washington DC Open 2008 · 17 May 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Armonk Spring 2008 · 26 Apr 2008 — 6 personal bests set
- Princeton Open 2008 · 22 Mar 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- EPGY California Open 2008 · 16 Feb 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Pleasantville Fall competition 2007 · 3 Nov 2007
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.
- Bob Burton — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 145 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 180 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Kian Barry — met in 168 rounds, finished ahead 94 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.