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Xavier Nelson

3×3 · top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022NESL01

Xavier Nelson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.41, set at Heerenveen Open 2024, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,003rd in Poland. Across 4 competitions since May 2022, he has put 64 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.47 in May 2022 to 11.41, a 38% improvement. Xavier has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.41
signature single · Heerenveen Open 2024
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×311.4115.46
top 11.8%1,003 / 6,576
2×24.385.55
top 31.4%1,936 / 5,422
4×41:29.70
early days — 2 solves1,703 / 2,851
5×52:28.81
early days — 2 solves900 / 1,442
3×3 one-handed48.09
early days — 1 solve1,595 / 2,176

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

Dutch Masters 2022: 18.47Hoorn Open 2022: 14.23Capelle Cubing 2023: 13.99Heerenveen Open 2024: 11.4111.4118.4721 May 202215 Sep 2024

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 1.41 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.