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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.

2×2
best event — top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.52
signature single · Safe Haven competition 2010
1,314
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.524.60
top 9.1%3,585 / 40,951
3×311.9614.17
top 13.8%7,372 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed19.5323.63
top 19.2%2,475 / 15,683
Square-117.5527.05
top 22.3%1,474 / 6,743
Clock10.3111.59
top 26.7%2,052 / 8,927
4×459.111:06.63
top 35.5%5,726 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.1810.69
top 37.7%10,752 / 28,708
Megaminx1:51.592:01.98
top 41.2%2,991 / 7,841
5×51:55.722:06.23
top 46.5%3,854 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded3:14.78
top 56.6%1,206 / 2,092
6×64:29.384:49.14
top 74.5%2,948 / 4,196
7×76:57.287:37.18
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

Pleasantville Fall competition 2007: 45.16EPGY California Open 2008: 23.16Princeton Open 2008: 18.94Armonk Spring 2008: 18.71Washington DC Open 2008: 18.28Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008: 15.33US Nationals and Open 2008: 16.58Newark Open 2008: 15.52Drexel Fall 2008: 13.34Westchester Fall 2008: 17.06Newark Winter 2009: 13.55EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 14.06Fort Lee Winter 2009: 16.19Drexel Winter 2009: 16.59Safe Haven competition 2009: 18.05US Nationals 2009: 17.77MIT Fall 2009: 15.91Washington DC Open 2010: 12.80Safe Haven competition 2010: 14.08Captain's Cove competition 2010: 12.08United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 13.61Princeton Fall 2010: 15.72MIT Fall 2010: 13.81Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 13.84St. Joseph's College Winter 2011: 13.69Park Ridge Open 2011: 14.52Captain's Cove competition 2011: 14.78Hackley Summer 2011: 11.96Yale Fall 2011: 13.11Harvard Fall 2011: 15.11Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 14.30Bridgewater Open 2011: 13.58Harvard Spring 2012: 13.61United States National Championships 2012: 12.32SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 15.0611.9645.163 Nov 200719 Apr 2015

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.

  • 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.