People · South Africa
Lior Nel
2×2 · top 44.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025NELL03
Lior Nel has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.42, set at Solving in Sedgefield 2025, puts him in the top 44.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 479th in South Africa. Across 1 competition since November 2025, he has put 30 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.42 | 9.64 | top 44.4% | 479 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 24.50 | 26.37 | top 51.5% | 780 / 2,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.84 | 1:01.75 | top 79.2% | 280 / 467 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.70 | 26.97 | top 89.3% | 806 / 946 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025First competition: Solving in Sedgefield 2025. A 25.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solving in Sedgefield 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Ezekiel Olsen — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Daniel Rush — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Samuel Collett — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.