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Trenton Nelson

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019NELS01

Trenton Nelson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.80, set at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,429th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since January 2019, he has put 838 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.56 in January 2019 to 7.80, a 64% improvement. Trenton has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.80
signature single · CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024
838
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.809.19
top 2.4%1,429 / 59,724
4×435.2544.00
top 6.9%1,075 / 19,072
2×22.533.65
top 9.2%3,622 / 40,951
5×51:18.771:27.17
top 18.1%1,398 / 9,401
Megaminx1:16.001:27.06
top 19.2%1,314 / 7,841
Pyraminx5.989.04
top 19.9%5,312 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed21.8624.57
top 25.6%3,308 / 15,683
Skewb8.2711.70
top 43.3%7,606 / 18,907
6×63:34.553:44.27
top 56.6%2,140 / 4,196
Square-145.57—
early days — 2 solves4,715 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded8:17.22—
early days — 1 solve1,999 / 2,092

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

Utah Valley Open 2019: 21.56Utah Spring Open 2019: 13.99Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2019: 9.82Resticker Utah 2019: 10.03Big and Skewb Utah 2019: 10.21Perfect Vision Provo 2020: 8.01Utah Fall 2021: 10.02CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 11.40Utah Ice Cubing 2022: 10.53Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022: 8.69Back to School Utah 2022: 9.96Utah Championship 2022: 9.89Utah Snowball Bash 2022: 8.57Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 8.48Utah Megacomp 2023: 9.58Utah Summer Side Events B 2023: 8.15Back to School Utah 2023: 8.68Utah Valley Open 2023: 7.89Utah Championship 2023: 8.52Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 8.04Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 9.12Utah Newcomers 2024: 8.07Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2024: 8.34Southern Utah Summer 2024: 9.09Utah Valley Favorites 2024: 8.91CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 7.80Back to School Utah 2024: 8.60Utah Valley Open 2024: 9.58Utah Ice Cubing 2026: 9.767.8021.565 Jan 201924 Jan 2026

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.

  • Eric Pesci — met in 159 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Isaac Myers — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • Cade Beck — met in 143 rounds, finished ahead 62 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.