People · United States
Owen Nelson
3×3 · top 9.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025NELS14
Owen Nelson has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.77, set at Arkansas Cube Day 2026, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,407th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 88 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.49 in November 2025 to 10.77, a 14% improvement. Owen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.77 | 12.49 | top 9.8% | 5,407 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 6.32 | 10.09 | top 28.4% | 4,695 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.13 | 11.47 | top 29.0% | 8,116 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.03 | 2:02.12 | top 38.8% | 2,850 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 5.10 | 5.84 | top 40.7% | 16,582 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.84 | 1:55.27 | top 42.6% | 3,521 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.16 | 52.01 | top 61.1% | 8,717 / 15,900 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Nov 2025First competition: Arkansolve Fall 2025. A 12.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arkansas Cube Day 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansolve Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Deker Mansfield — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Landon Kobliska — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Granger Kobliska — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 19,128 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.