People · United States
Mara Nelson
Pyraminx · top 49.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024NELS07
Mara Nelson has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.51, set at Barbados 2025, puts her in the top 49.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,247th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2024, she has put 55 official solves on the record across four events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.97 in April 2024 to 42.20, a 33% improvement. Mara has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 9.51 | 15.97 | top 49.1% | 14,247 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 14.25 | 30.34 | top 75.7% | 14,358 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 42.20 | 1:00.54 | top 79.3% | 48,505 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 12.38 | 17.77 | top 85.4% | 35,479 / 40,951 |
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
- 18 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Barbados 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-60 3×3: 58.66 at Redding Fall 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First competition: Puerto Rico Open 2024. A 1:02.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Barbados 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Redding Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Puerto Rico Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
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.
- Asa Nelson — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eli Nelson — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
- A sub-12 Skewb single — 48,404 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
Targets move as she improves.