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Nelson Cresswell-Lane

3×3 · top 31.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023CRES05

Nelson Cresswell-Lane has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.05, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2024, puts him in the top 31.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,074th in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since October 2023, he has put 38 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.61 in October 2023 to 17.05, a 59% improvement. Nelson has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.1% of 284,439 all-time
17.05
signature single · Rubik's UK Championship 2024
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×317.0522.64
top 31.1%2,074 / 6,689
2×25.488.01
top 45.1%2,381 / 4,895

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

Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 41.61Glasgow Spring 2024: 20.52Birmingham Summer 2024: 23.96Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 17.0517.0541.6120 Oct 20231 Nov 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.05 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.