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Sawyer Nelson
Skewb · top 7.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025NELS10
Sawyer Nelson has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.49, set at Utah Cubing Classic 2026, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,194th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2025, he has put 57 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Sawyer has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.49 | 15.94 | top 7.7% | 1,194 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 9.25 | top 18.7% | 7,342 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 29.23 | 33.54 | top 61.2% | 36,467 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.74 | 17.83 | top 65.6% | 19,375 / 28,708 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025First competition: Tooele Open B 2025. A 29.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Cubing Classic 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Utah Snowball Bash 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Utah State University Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Tooele Open B 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
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.
- Isaac Myers — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gavin Tenney — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.