People · Philippines
Nelson Yu
Skewb · top 1.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015YUNE01
Nelson Yu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Philippine Championship 2017, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in the Philippines. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2015, he has put 264 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 13.78 in August 2015 to 1.86, an 87% improvement. Nelson has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.86 | 5.28 | top 1.0% | 20 / 1,320 | |
| 3×3 | 14.01 | 17.39 | top 21.0% | 2,219 / 6,270 | |
| 4×4 | 56.31 | 1:08.48 | top 32.3% | 872 / 2,135 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.82 | 2:01.28 | top 37.4% | 433 / 928 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.24 | 12.27 | top 46.9% | 1,377 / 2,621 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.33 | 36.73 | top 49.7% | 1,390 / 2,440 | |
| 2×2 | 6.41 | 7.88 | top 55.1% | 2,831 / 4,257 |
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
Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.01 at Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018.
- 15 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Philippine Championship 2017.
- 28 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2017.
- 2 Jul 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.29 at CGJV Speedcubing Rush 2016.
- 2 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at CGJV Speedcubing Rush 2016.
- 28 May 2016Six personal bests in one day at Metro Speedcubing Open 2016.
Competitions
- South Luzon Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CaMaNaVa Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
- Antipolo City Cube Open 2018 · 12 May 2018
- Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Diliman Cube Day 2018 · 24 Feb 2018
- Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Baguio City Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Philippine Championship 2017 · 15 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017 · 19 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CGJV Speedcubing Rush 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Metro Speedcubing Open 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2015 · 21 Aug 2015
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.
- John Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jolo Endona — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.