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Nate Beno

3×3 · top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017BENO01

Nate Beno has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.10, set at UIUC Spring 2023, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,523rd in the United States. Across 9 competitions since September 2017, he has put 95 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.56 in September 2017 to 13.10, a 29% improvement. Nate has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.10
signature single · UIUC Spring 2023
95
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.1015.89
top 17.8%9,523 / 59,724
4×457.401:04.37
top 33.6%5,362 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed35.5742.84
top 58.3%8,130 / 15,683
Pyraminx14.0816.98
top 78.1%23,129 / 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

Bulldog Cubing 2017: 18.56ChicaGhosts 2017: 16.27Dixon Winter 2017: 13.93Lions Cubing 2018: 14.65Elk Cubing 2018: 14.70Three Seconds Snakes 2018: 16.03Coach Pigeon 2018: 14.95UIUC Fall 2022: 14.55UIUC Spring 2023: 13.1013.1018.569 Sep 20171 Apr 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.

  • Simon Kellum — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Will Cerne — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
  • CJ Sheng — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 7.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.