Andrew Nelson

Region	WCA ID	Gender	Competitions	Completed Solves
United States	2007NELS01	Male	29	693

Current Personal Records

Event	NR	CR	WR	Single	Average	WR	CR	NR
3x3x3 Cube	6210	8254	32333	12.13	15.48	38075	9652	7258
2x2x2 Cube	6579	8669	30960	3.52	6.22	45245	12836	9805
4x4x4 Cube	4839	6627	25708	1:00.88	1:10.63	25942	6776	4969
5x5x5 Cube	4396	5906	21170	2:24.00	2:44.75	19165	5407	4065
3x3x3 Blindfolded	1129	1488	6592	3:47.84
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	753	969	4476	39
3x3x3 One-Handed	3857	5288	21708	25.56	28.26	17173	4072	2978
Megaminx	2931	4051	13968	2:08.58	2:26.39	12954	3839	2788
Pyraminx	13563	17403	60452	10.40	12.39	43176	12143	9463
Skewb	6647	8406	27646	8.63	22.89	48781	15986	12722
Square-1	398	464	1300	10.31	13.35	1071	367	308

Medal Collection

Gold	Silver	Bronze
7	11	2

Record Collection

WR	CR	NR
1	5	1

Competition	Round	Place	Single		Average		Solves
3x3x3 Cube
US Nationals 2016	First round	279	15.49		17.25		17.62	16.84	15.49	17.28	23.73
Newport Winter Open 2014	Second round	19	15.21		16.21		18.56	15.21	15.28	17.42	15.94
	First round	16	12.13		15.48		13.43	16.58	12.13	16.44	20.83
US Nationals 2014	First round	253	16.02		19.97		18.48	16.70	24.72	25.11	16.02
Caltech Spring Open 2014	First round	25	16.22		18.47		22.44	17.19	17.56	16.22	20.66
Caltech Fall Open 2013	First round	47	16.05		18.61		16.05	17.38	18.81	19.63	DNF
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	First round	225	15.09		15.99		15.61	17.02	15.09	15.35	18.44
Caltech Fall Open 2012	Second round	15	12.69		15.93		15.18	DNF	12.69	17.71	14.90
	First round	16	15.59		17.11		17.11	16.72	17.94	15.59	17.50
United States National Championships 2012	Second round	94	14.55		16.54		17.09	17.56	DNF	14.55	14.96
	First round	100	12.69		16.02		20.06	14.68	13.33	12.69	DNF
Caltech Spring 2012	Second round	19	15.21		16.67		16.52	17.22	15.21	18.11	16.28
	First round	18	13.65		16.82		17.58	13.65	19.53	15.61	17.28
United States National Championships 2011	First round	117	16.28		20.30		20.33	18.88	22.88	16.28	21.68
Caltech Winter 2011	Second round	21	16.55		19.95		20.68	16.55	19.55	20.94	19.61
	First round	21	14.41		18.26		19.05	16.64	14.41	20.86	19.09
Marymount Open 2010	Second round	15	23.11		25.01		24.56	31.47	24.88	25.58	23.11
	First round	16	17.75		20.08		19.55	17.75	26.80	22.15	18.55
United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	First round	109	17.43		19.35		21.63	19.06	21.47	17.43	17.52
Discovery Science Center competition 2010	First round	17	20.50		21.58		21.80	21.42	21.52	20.50	24.34
Bayview Hills Open 2010	First round	23	19.90		21.53		20.25	21.74	DNF	19.90	22.60
Caltech Fall competition 2009	Second round	21	20.41		24.22		29.38	25.83	20.41	23.56	23.28
	First round	23	17.53		22.05		21.91	21.53	22.71	17.53	DNF
US Nationals 2009	First round	83	18.61		23.78		21.53	18.61	23.46	26.44	26.34
	Qualification round	30	23.13		24.65		35.43	26.91	23.34	23.13	23.69
San Diego Open 2009	Second round	18	20.43		25.03		21.96	20.43	27.97	25.15	28.65
	First round	17	24.33		25.35		24.80	24.33	24.40	27.47	26.84
Discovery Science Center competition 2009	Second round	25	23.69		26.11		30.59	23.69	25.40	27.90	25.02
	First round	23	21.10		25.48		21.10	24.16	26.54	1:18.91	25.75
San Francisco Open 2009	First round	37	21.38		23.47		21.72	25.13	26.93	21.38	23.55
Discovery Science Center 10th Anniversary 2008	Final	11	22.27		23.18		22.66	23.55	22.27	23.34	25.30
	First round	16	23.38		26.44		23.81	23.38	32.03	27.82	27.68
Caltech Fall 2008	First round	36	18.33		24.63		27.03	18.33	20.14	26.72	DNF
US Nationals and Open 2008	Qualification round	22	20.28				20.28	28.87	25.00
Discovery Science Center competition 2008	Final	25	18.46		27.77		30.45	DNF	30.80	22.07	18.46
	First round	28	23.75		25.57		25.43	36.11	24.72	26.56	23.75
UCSD competition 2008	First round	26	26.40		33.41		26.40	34.15	33.51	32.57	39.03
Caltech Fall competition 2007	Second round	33	24.31		29.38		27.87	35.30	26.85	24.31	33.42
	First round	31	25.56		29.25		27.70	29.26	30.78	25.56	31.75
San Diego competition 2007	First round	29	31.19		32.62		33.57	32.76	31.53	33.75	31.19
Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007	First round	27	28.21		39.64		36.47	49.47	1:22.45	28.21	32.98
2x2x2 Cube
US Nationals 2016	First round	250	5.07		6.22		6.01	5.07	7.80	7.19	5.47
Newport Winter Open 2014	First round	31	4.72		6.78		5.54	13.67	7.59	7.20	4.72
US Nationals 2014	First round	179	5.51		6.29		5.98	7.32	5.56	8.69	5.51
Caltech Spring Open 2014	Final	34	5.50		8.34		9.94	7.93	7.16	5.50	15.50
Caltech Fall Open 2013	Final	42	4.69		7.73		4.69	5.50	5.63	15.03	12.05
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	First round	239	4.60		6.83		4.86	14.86	7.67	7.97	4.60
Caltech Fall Open 2012	First round	14	5.09		6.94		7.66	7.68	5.61	7.56	5.09
United States National Championships 2012	First round	103	5.24		7.20		11.33	5.66	8.88	5.24	7.06
Caltech Spring 2012	First round	25	3.52		10.08		13.58	3.52	12.03	12.69	5.53
United States National Championships 2011	First round	96	4.21		7.45		6.71	4.21	8.84	7.13	8.50
Marymount Open 2010	Final	11	5.58		6.72		6.18	7.59	5.58	7.61	6.40
	First round	12	5.96		6.63		5.97	7.43	7.11	6.80	5.96
United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	First round	56	5.43		6.23		5.94	7.06	5.69	9.81	5.43
US Nationals 2009	First round	37	4.97		7.82		4.97	10.52	7.27	7.21	8.97
	Qualification round	9	4.19		7.21		6.25	7.16	8.22	4.19	8.21
San Diego Open 2009	Final	7	5.27		9.12		9.93	9.78	7.91	9.68	5.27
San Francisco Open 2009	Final	13	5.94		9.09		8.46	10.15	8.65	10.31	5.94
Caltech Fall 2008	Final	17	7.08		9.86		12.05	7.08	9.58	8.09	11.91
4x4x4 Cube
US Nationals 2016	First round	230	1:15.05				1:21.84	1:15.05
Newport Winter Open 2014	Final	26	1:05.40		1:18.83		1:19.25	1:19.25	DNF	1:05.40	1:18.00
US Nationals 2014	First round	202	1:11.17		1:24.69		1:17.21	1:47.54	1:11.17	1:14.85	1:42.02
Caltech Fall Open 2013	Final	36	1:25.30				1:27.03	1:25.30
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	First round	207	1:12.47				1:21.04	1:12.47
Caltech Fall Open 2012	Final	13	1:05.63		1:10.63		1:17.78	1:12.36	1:10.27	1:09.25	1:05.63
United States National Championships 2012	First round	96	1:06.51		1:16.68		1:17.68	1:15.45	1:32.08	1:16.91	1:06.51
Caltech Spring 2012	Final	12	1:06.11		1:18.69		1:23.43	1:06.11	2:39.65	1:13.86	1:18.78
United States National Championships 2011	Second round	41	1:00.88		1:12.23		1:00.88	1:17.15	1:13.63	1:10.18	1:12.88
	First round	37	1:02.65		1:10.81		1:12.05	1:11.86	1:02.65	1:08.53	1:19.41
Caltech Winter 2011	Final	15	1:06.47		1:24.64		1:31.59	1:06.47	1:22.47	1:30.33	1:21.12
Marymount Open 2010	Final	6	1:06.90		1:15.82		1:09.15	1:20.65	1:26.71	1:06.90	1:17.65
United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	Second round	38	1:04.61		1:10.99		1:17.34	1:11.50	1:04.61	1:08.69	1:12.78
	First round	47	1:02.77		1:12.77		1:02.77	1:16.66	1:24.36	1:13.11	1:08.55
Bayview Hills Open 2010	Final	9	1:10.71		1:18.29		1:16.63	1:10.71	1:34.13	1:20.26	1:17.97
Caltech Fall competition 2009	Final	13	1:25.02		1:31.72		1:25.02	1:51.03	1:25.47	1:40.81	1:28.88
US Nationals 2009	First round	44	1:26.13		1:34.51		2:22.16	1:26.13	1:27.68	1:38.52	1:37.33
	Qualification round	11	1:26.97		1:31.17		1:34.34	1:26.97	1:27.56	1:35.13	1:31.60
San Diego Open 2009	Final	8	1:24.25		1:40.20		1:50.15	1:24.25	1:33.11	1:44.63	1:42.86
San Francisco Open 2009	Final	18	1:42.05				1:55.27	1:42.05
Discovery Science Center competition 2008	Final	11	1:45.28		1:49.62		1:45.56	1:51.31	1:45.28	1:51.98	2:07.98
San Diego competition 2007	Final	12	2:21.15		2:34.73		2:21.15	2:25.40	2:49.43	2:49.78	2:29.36
5x5x5 Cube
US Nationals 2016	First round	227	3:36.44				3:36.44	4:20.91
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	First round	199	2:48.13				2:54.03	2:48.13
United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	First round	70	2:24.00		2:44.75		2:55.03	2:46.58	2:44.93	2:42.75	2:24.00
Caltech Fall competition 2009	Final	10	3:12.41				3:12.41	3:17.69
3x3x3 Blindfolded
US Nationals 2016	First round	82	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
US Nationals 2014	First round	65	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
Caltech Spring Open 2014	Final	4	3:49.59		DNF		DNF	3:49.59	DNS
Caltech Fall Open 2013	Final	5	3:53.31		DNF		3:53.31	DNS	DNS
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	First round	109	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
Caltech Fall Open 2012	Final	3	3:47.84		DNF		3:47.84	DNF	DNS
United States National Championships 2012	First round	59	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
Caltech Spring 2012	Final	7	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
United States National Championships 2011	First round	41	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
San Diego Open 2009	Final	7	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
Caltech Fall 2008	Final	11	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
US Nationals and Open 2008	Qualification round	9	DNF				DNF	DNF
Discovery Science Center competition 2008	Final	8	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
EPGY California Open 2008	Final	9	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
UCSD competition 2008	Final	7	4:44.07		DNF		4:44.07	DNF	DNF
Caltech Fall competition 2007	Qualification round	6	6:30.96				6:30.96	DNS
San Diego competition 2007	Final	9	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007	Final	13	DNF		DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
US Nationals 2016	Final	99	43		DNF		43	DNS	DNS
US Nationals 2014	Final	84	40		DNF		40	DNF	44
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	Final	140	DNF				DNF	DNS
United States National Championships 2012	Final	55	47				47	DNF
United States National Championships 2011	Final	23	39				DNF	39
United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	Final	43	47				47	DNF
US Nationals 2009	Final	20	45				45	46
US Nationals and Open 2008	Final	18	DNF				DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed
US Nationals 2016	First round	148	26.31		28.26		26.44	35.25	26.31	27.97	30.38
Newport Winter Open 2014	Final	21	30.79		37.12		41.01	37.42	35.94	30.79	38.00
US Nationals 2014	First round	132	29.01		32.53		50.85	32.88	29.01	34.95	29.76
Caltech Spring Open 2014	First round	14	25.56		28.52		26.09	25.56	26.93	32.55	37.97
Caltech Fall Open 2013	First round	31	27.28		31.08		28.96	32.46	34.55	31.81	27.28
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	First round	188	33.42		35.34		37.69	33.42	33.86	51.27	34.48
Caltech Fall Open 2012	First round	15	27.41		33.42		35.97	29.02	1:34.39	35.27	27.41
Caltech Spring 2012	First round	15	29.19		34.88		31.58	29.19	35.61	38.69	37.44
San Diego Open 2009	Final	10	33.91		44.57		46.77	48.65	46.16	33.91	40.77
Discovery Science Center competition 2008	First round	20	1:00.08		1:08.22		1:15.75	1:04.06	1:04.84	1:00.08	1:25.55
Caltech Fall competition 2007	First round	19	1:00.85		1:24.96		DNF	1:13.61	1:01.28	1:00.85	1:59.99
San Diego competition 2007	First round	21	1:14.31		1:30.98		1:14.31	1:47.05	1:34.53	1:26.44	1:31.97
Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007	First round	18	1:20.36				1:35.87	1:20.36
Megaminx
US Nationals 2016	First round	94	2:27.28				2:27.28	2:32.48
US Nationals 2014	First round	90	3:00.96				3:13.30	3:00.96
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	First round	101	2:23.09				2:32.47	2:23.09
United States National Championships 2012	First round	45	2:27.09				2:48.59	2:27.09
United States National Championships 2011	First round	31	2:31.72				2:31.72	2:55.72
United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	First round	25	2:08.58		2:26.39		2:38.19	2:08.58	2:30.47	2:24.30	2:24.41
US Nationals 2009	First round	17	2:15.69		2:57.08		3:02.75	3:32.81	2:15.69
	Qualification round	3	2:31.94				2:31.94
Pyraminx
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	First round	276	21.36		DNF		21.36	22.63	DNF	39.09	DNS
United States National Championships 2012	First round	85	15.38		18.14		17.03	15.38	17.75	21.80	19.63
United States National Championships 2011	First round	72	18.46				18.46	26.25
United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	First round	32	10.40		12.39		10.40	12.34	14.68	14.00	10.83
US Nationals 2009	Qualification round	13	10.59		16.35		19.36	17.68	10.59	13.65	17.72
Skewb
US Nationals 2016	First round	232	18.44		22.89		22.20	39.29	26.46	18.44	20.01
Newport Winter Open 2014	Final	27	8.63		23.63		13.43	8.63	31.88	DNF	25.59
US Nationals 2014	First round	129	10.27		29.07		41.64	17.95	27.61	10.27	DNF
Caltech Spring Open 2014	Final	18	20.02		25.46		28.66	20.02	26.47	21.24	39.83
Square-1
US Nationals 2016	Final	10	11.32		14.35		15.37	11.32	20.92	12.51	15.17
	First round	16	12.24		14.69		12.24	17.59	12.61	14.27	17.20
Newport Winter Open 2014	Final	2	13.49		17.44		13.49	19.90	17.40	15.03	23.53
US Nationals 2014	Final	2	11.93		14.53		11.93	13.78	16.26	13.55	16.53
	First round	2	10.60		14.56		15.81	13.30	14.58	10.60	18.12
Caltech Spring Open 2014	Final	2	14.81		17.47		17.83	19.58	14.81	15.78	18.81
	First round	1	10.31	NAR	16.09		10.31	15.25	14.96	18.06	20.66
Caltech Fall Open 2013	Final	1	13.28		14.84		13.28	15.06	16.38	13.61	15.84
	First round	1	12.40		15.01		17.65	19.38	13.19	12.40	14.19
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013	Final	5	12.76		15.83		15.06	12.76	15.66	16.78	18.06
	First round	2	15.40		16.07		16.14	16.40	15.66	15.40	18.27
Caltech Fall Open 2012	Final	1	10.65	NAR	13.35	NAR	14.88	10.65	12.05	16.43	13.11
	First round	1	10.96		14.35	NR	10.96	13.53	16.50	13.02	17.19
United States National Championships 2012	Final	1	12.31		17.50		22.18	DNF	12.31	15.55	14.77
	First round	1	12.52		15.15		19.44	12.52	15.36	13.80	16.30
Caltech Spring 2012	Final	2	17.25		21.93		31.30	22.13	20.21	23.44	17.25
	First round	1	14.90		18.99		17.65	20.50	18.83	21.16	14.90
United States National Championships 2011	Final	1	15.08		17.42		15.08	18.34	16.78	17.13	DNF
	First round	2	11.71		18.13		12.43	25.56	19.96	22.00	11.71
Caltech Winter 2011	Final	1	14.40		16.75		18.96	17.50	14.43	18.33	14.40
	First round	1	13.06		17.04		13.06	18.34	19.19	15.86	16.91
Marymount Open 2010	Final	2	14.96		19.20		14.96	18.81	21.19	DNF	17.59
United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	Final	1	14.09		16.44		17.34	15.96	18.06	14.09	16.02
	First round	1	10.90	WR	15.95	NAR	19.06	14.13	18.71	15.02	10.90
Discovery Science Center competition 2010	Final	2	14.26		17.48		21.03	14.26	16.72	14.68	22.33
Bayview Hills Open 2010	Final	2	17.16		20.75		DNF	18.22	17.16	18.09	25.93
Caltech Fall competition 2009	Final	1	13.02	NAR	18.64		19.94	13.02	22.08	16.71	19.28
US Nationals 2009	Final	4	19.96		23.44		27.03	19.96	23.22	22.38	24.71
	First round	3	17.25		23.20		17.25	18.09	30.86	26.43	25.09
San Diego Open 2009	Final	2	18.77		23.02		18.77	20.78	24.11	27.52	24.18
Discovery Science Center competition 2009	Final	7	19.25		DNF		DNF	25.55	DNF	30.43	19.25
San Francisco Open 2009	Final	2	24.00		27.13		29.58	24.00	27.80
Discovery Science Center 10th Anniversary 2008	Final	2	17.48		24.00		23.06	31.47	17.48
Caltech Fall 2008	Final	4	26.64		31.94		34.06	26.64	35.11
	First round	2	17.96		23.84		26.71	26.84	17.96
US Nationals and Open 2008	Final	18	24.38		DNF		24.38	DNF	26.84
Discovery Science Center competition 2008	Final	2	37.81		47.14		54.21	49.41	37.81
EPGY California Open 2008	Final	3	45.56		49.95		49.96	45.56	54.33

History of World Records

Single	Average	Competition	Round	Solves
Square-1
10.90		United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	First round

History of Continental Records

Single	Average	Competition	Round	Solves
Square-1
10.31		Caltech Spring Open 2014	First round
10.65	13.35	Caltech Fall Open 2012	Final	14.88	10.65	12.05	16.43	13.11
	15.95	United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010	First round	19.06	14.13	18.71	15.02	10.90
13.02		Caltech Fall competition 2009	Final

History of National Records

Single	Average	Competition	Round	Solves
Square-1
	14.35	Caltech Fall Open 2012	First round	10.96	13.53	16.50	13.02	17.19

National Championship Podiums

Event	Place	Single	Average	Solves
US Nationals 2014
Square-1	2	11.93	14.53	11.93	13.78	16.26	13.55	16.53
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
Square-1	3	12.76	15.83	15.06	12.76	15.66	16.78	18.06
United States National Championships 2012
Square-1	1	12.31	17.50	22.18	DNF	12.31	15.55	14.77
United States National Championships 2011
Square-1	1	15.08	17.42	15.08	18.34	16.78	17.13	DNF
United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010
Square-1	1	14.09	16.44	17.34	15.96	18.06	14.09	16.02
US Nationals 2009
Square-1	3	19.96	23.44	27.03	19.96	23.22	22.38	24.71