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Ryan Nelson

3×3 · top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022NELS01

Ryan Nelson has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.86, set at Mile High Megacomp 2023, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,448th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since January 2022, he has put 104 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.24 in January 2022 to 10.86, a 40% improvement. Ryan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.86
signature single · Mile High Megacomp 2023
104
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.8612.89
top 10.1%5,448 / 59,724
2×24.776.58
top 36.4%14,550 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.9311.42
top 60.0%17,639 / 28,708
Megaminx2:38.19
top 65.2%4,976 / 7,841
Skewb12.4014.22
top 68.0%12,750 / 18,907
4×41:59.98
top 81.7%15,222 / 19,072
Square-11:09.36
early days — 1 solve5,984 / 6,743

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

Scramble in the Springs 2022: 18.24DeNxNver 2022: 19.68LoCo Cubing AM 2022: 11.39Mile High Megacomp 2023: 10.86Cubing In Creek 2023: 12.94Colorado Mountain Tour - Golden 2023: 11.37CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 12.0910.8619.688 Jan 20223 Nov 2023

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.