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Jake Ryker Nelson
3×3 · top 15.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023NELS02
Jake Ryker Nelson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.34, set at Utah Snowball Bash 2025, puts him in the top 15.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,208th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2023, he has put 138 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.29 in January 2023 to 12.34, a 67% improvement. Jake 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 | 12.34 | 19.66 | top 15.1% | 8,208 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.57 | 12.18 | top 32.7% | 9,309 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 57.14 | 1:05.37 | top 33.4% | 5,394 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.92 | 2:07.92 | top 44.2% | 3,307 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 8.69 | 13.62 | top 46.4% | 8,327 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 6.09 | 6.46 | top 51.9% | 21,520 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,088 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 18.08 | 19.32 | top 59.0% | 5,085 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 35.45 | 39.31 | top 59.2% | 3,960 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.29 | 46.89 | top 62.9% | 9,003 / 15,900 |
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
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.34 at Utah Snowball Bash 2025.
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Utah Snowball Bash 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Utah Championship 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.75 at Utah Newcomers 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Utah Newcomers 2025.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-30 3×3: 28.05 at Utah Newcomers 2024.
Competitions
- Utah Snowball Bash 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
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.
- Isaac Myers — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Damian Wilding — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eric Pesci — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.