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Nelson Yan

2×2 · top 9.6% of 186,767 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 9.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 728th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2024, he has put 354 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 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.52 in February 2024 to 13.37, a 43% improvement. Nelson has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.57
signature single · Winding Down in Willetton 2026
354
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
2×22.575.52
top 9.6%728 / 8,567
Pyraminx5.459.12
top 16.1%782 / 5,993
3×3 blindfolded1:16.711:33.18
top 18.4%95 / 394
3×313.3716.30
top 18.7%1,686 / 11,709
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 51:37—
early days — 2 solves49 / 180
Megaminx1:28.621:40.10
top 27.3%343 / 1,277
5×51:36.961:47.72
top 33.0%444 / 1,356
Skewb8.4411.79
top 44.6%1,387 / 3,534
4×41:08.481:11.19
top 45.3%1,215 / 3,051
4×4 blindfolded8:23.50—
early days — 2 solves46 / 96
Square-129.4444.10
top 48.3%474 / 899
6×63:16.933:44.16
top 49.0%295 / 641
Clock15.8720.68
top 51.3%531 / 1,095
7×75:26.135:41.00
top 58.6%283 / 523
3×3 one-handed49.5557.42
top 76.3%1,881 / 2,659

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: 15.2113.3725.673 Feb 202415 Aug 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 95 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Jaxon Foster — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Joel Harrop — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 11 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.