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Maia Nelson

3×3 · top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NELS09

Maia Nelson has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.39, set at Oregon Championship 2023, puts her in the top 22.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,067th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, she has put 74 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 18.16 in May 2023 to 14.39, a 21% improvement. Maia has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.39
signature single · Oregon Championship 2023
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.3916.68
top 22.3%12,067 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.7315.26
top 25.6%7,032 / 28,708
2×24.078.13
top 27.4%10,817 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed33.2436.71
top 53.9%7,464 / 15,683

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

Kent Spring 2023: 18.16Eugene Cubing 2023: 15.48Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023: 14.98Oregon Championship 2023: 14.3914.3918.1627 May 20231 Sep 2023

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.39 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as she improves.