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Keir Nelson

3×3 · top 64.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010NELS01

Keir Nelson has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.34, set at Caltech Spring 2012, puts him in the top 64.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38,845th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2010, he has put 27 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.05 in November 2010 to 31.34, an 11% improvement. Keir has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 64.8% of 284,439 all-time
31.34
signature single · Caltech Spring 2012
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×331.3437.05
top 64.8%38,845 / 59,724
2×28.8114.91
top 72.5%29,954 / 40,951
4×43:14.28
early days — 2 solves18,718 / 19,072

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

Caltech Fall 2010: 35.05San Diego 2011: 33.56Caltech Spring 2012: 31.3431.3435.0513 Nov 201026 May 2012

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.