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Nelson Yan

2×2 · top 9.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024YANN01

Nelson Yan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.57, set at Winding Down in Willetton 2026, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 747th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2024, he has put 421 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.52 in February 2024 to 12.35, a 47% improvement. Nelson has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.7% of 189,179 all-time
2.57
signature single · Winding Down in Willetton 2026
421
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.574.65
top 9.7%747 / 8,727
3×312.3516.30
top 15.2%1,381 / 11,943
Pyraminx5.459.12
top 16.1%790 / 6,109
3×3 blindfolded1:16.711:33.18
top 18.4%95 / 399
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 51:37—
early days — 2 solves49 / 186
Megaminx1:28.621:40.10
top 27.4%350 / 1,313
5×51:36.961:47.72
top 33.1%460 / 1,412
4×456.991:00.99
top 33.2%878 / 3,108
Square-124.7033.59
top 38.6%382 / 920
Skewb7.7711.01
top 39.6%1,213 / 3,589
4×4 blindfolded8:23.50—
early days — 2 solves47 / 98
6×63:16.933:44.16
top 49.1%304 / 667
Clock15.8720.68
top 51.4%561 / 1,159
7×75:26.135:41.00
top 58.7%291 / 540
3×3 one-handed39.6144.35
top 64.8%1,546 / 2,685

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

Murdoch University Open 2024: 23.52Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 24.30Perth Winter 2024: 25.67Move It Midland 2024: 21.23Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 18.35Perth Autumn 2025: 18.00Perth Winter 2025: 19.66WA State Championship 2025: 19.87Perth Winter 2026: 13.37Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 15.21Murdoch University Open 2026: 12.3512.3525.673 Feb 202419 Sep 2026

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.

  • Amy Smith — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Joel Harrop — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
  • Jaxon Foster — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.