People · United States
Jackson Nelson
Pyraminx · top 8.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024NELS01
Jackson Nelson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.18, set at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,205th in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since January 2024, he has put 743 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.63 in January 2024 to 13.95, a 59% improvement. Jackson has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.18 | 6.51 | top 8.6% | 2,205 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 4.83 | top 8.7% | 3,422 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 7.16 | 9.66 | top 11.6% | 885 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 4.62 | 6.10 | top 15.4% | 2,409 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 13.95 | 15.61 | top 20.8% | 11,201 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 49.40 | 59.62 | top 24.0% | 3,658 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.23 | 1:40.34 | top 28.3% | 1,963 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.87 | 42.24 | top 46.4% | 6,302 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.40 | 2:00.25 | top 47.7% | 3,972 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:14.70 | 4:04.14 | top 48.0% | 1,794 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:29.22 | 6:10.49 | top 59.5% | 1,783 / 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
- 11 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Persevere in De Pere 2026.
- 5 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at Wisconsin Championship 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.24 at 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024.
Competitions
- Persevere in De Pere 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 3x3 in Madison 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Naperville Gray Skies 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Door County Cube Challenge 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kenosha First A 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in Oak Creek 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- Wisconsin Qualifier 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Muske-GO 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 165 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brian Johnson — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Adam Schwenn — met in 147 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.