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Nelson Casilla

3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016DOLC01

Nelson Casilla has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.43, set at Republica Dominicana Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in the Dominican Republic. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2016, he has put 289 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.55 in March 2016 to 9.43, a 56% improvement. Nelson has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.43
signature single · Republica Dominicana Nationals 2019
289
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDominican Republic
3×39.4311.68
top 5.9%24 / 588
3×3 one-handed16.2823.18
top 10.9%13 / 151
4×441.1647.43
top 13.5%19 / 136
2×24.656.37
top 34.9%97 / 312
5×51:40.251:53.34
top 35.6%21 / 74

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

Republica Dominicana Spring 2016: 21.55Santo Domingo Summer 2016: 15.16Santiago Open 2017: 13.68Santo Domingo Spring 2017: 9.56Latin America Cubing Tour - Santo Domingo 2017: 13.40Back 2 Santiago 2017: 10.74Santiago Summer 2018: 11.44A Cubear Con Puzzlemania 2019: 12.43Republica Dominicana Nationals 2019: 9.43Santo Domingo Summer 2023: 13.219.4321.5526 Mar 201626 Aug 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.