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Jacob Nelson

3×3 · top 77.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018NELS04

Jacob Nelson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 40.77, set at Elk Cubing 2018, puts him in the top 77.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47,480th in the United States. Across 1 competition since March 2018, he has put 11 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 77.7% of 284,439 all-time
40.77
signature single · Elk Cubing 2018
11
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×340.7744.07
top 77.7%47,480 / 59,724
4×42:44.51
early days — 1 solve18,125 / 19,072
2×219.8821.62
top 95.5%39,558 / 40,951

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 story so far

  • 18 Mar 2018First competition: Elk Cubing 2018. A 40.77 3×3 single to start from.

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 44.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.