People · Australia
Quinten Gao Nelson
3×3 · top 33.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023NELS04
Quinten Gao Nelson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.82, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 33.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,207th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since February 2023, he has put 51 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.63 in February 2023 to 17.82, a 33% improvement. Quinten has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.82 | 20.37 | top 33.6% | 3,207 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 5.78 | 8.02 | top 48.5% | 3,843 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.27 | 15.42 | top 62.4% | 3,713 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 16.01 | 21.40 | top 81.4% | 2,848 / 3,534 |
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
- 2 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.82 at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 4 Feb 2023First competition: Brisbane Summer 2023. A 26.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023
- Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
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.
- Make Chen — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Shaiden Noetzel — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Isaac Chan — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.82 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.