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Jan Nilsson González

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023GONZ34

Jan Nilsson González has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.84, set at Kārķi Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Spain. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2023, he has put 407 official solves on the record across eight 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 10.68 in May 2023 to 8.84, a 17% improvement. Jan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.84
signature single · Kārķi Open 2026
407
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 standingSpain
3×38.8410.73
top 4.5%188 / 5,141
4×434.9139.92
top 6.6%89 / 1,762
5×51:02.441:10.48
top 6.9%42 / 863
2×22.644.62
top 10.3%411 / 3,845
6×62:13.052:30.14
top 16.9%43 / 316
7×73:57.124:05.53
top 29.5%64 / 260
3×3 one-handed24.9529.54
top 34.1%377 / 1,315
Megaminx1:52.402:17.78
top 41.7%290 / 874

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

X-Madrid Open 2023: 10.68Piera Open 2023: 9.51Minyons de Terrassa Open 2023: 12.51Spanish Championship 2023: 10.51Parets Open 2024: 9.67Mallorca Open 2024: 10.26Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.04Parets Open 2025: 9.92Mallorca Open 2025: 10.74Kārķi Open 2025: 10.72Calvià Open 2025: 9.05Parets Open 2026: 9.98Mallorca Open 2026: 9.76Kārķi Open 2026: 8.848.8412.5127 May 202326 Aug 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.