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Nelson Nnodim

2×2 · top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016NNOD01

Nelson Nnodim has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 327th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since May 2016, he has put 681 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.10 in May 2016 to 1.11, an 84% improvement. Nelson has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time
1.11
signature single · Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022
681
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.113.26
top 0.79%327 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.015.61
top 7.7%1,966 / 28,708
Skewb4.1011.89
top 11.6%1,794 / 18,907
3×315.4817.62
top 26.1%14,206 / 59,724
Square-130.4637.81
top 50.2%3,282 / 6,743
4×41:24.481:42.13
top 59.5%10,305 / 19,072
Clock24.08—
top 74.9%6,531 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed55.531:36.98
top 81.1%12,050 / 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

Big Apple Spring 2016: 7.10Lexington Summer 2016: 3.19Quabbin Open 2016: 3.72Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 3.69UMass ODS Fall 2016: 3.94Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 3.68Quabbin Spring 2017: 2.53Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 3.58WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 2.07WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 2.85Hudson Valley Open 2018: 1.69CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 2.78Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018: 2.33WCA European Championship 2018: 4.20Connect Community 2018: 3.00BA Fall Cube Fest 2018: 3.77Hudson Valley Winter 2019: 2.73Empire State Spring 2019: 3.34Cubing in Cambridge 2019: 2.59Colonie Spring 2019: 2.75Juan Manuel Zafra Open 2019: 2.68German Nationals 2019: 2.85Burke Mountain Fall 2019: 3.51Empire State Spring 2022: 2.19Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022: 1.11CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 2.62Amherst Open 2022: 2.70Troy Story 2023: 1.961.117.1021 May 201614 Jan 2023

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

  • Derek White — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Will Russo — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Alex Cohen — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 21 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.