People · United States
Nate Craig
Skewb · top 2.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015CRAI02
Nate Craig has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Dallas Winter 2015, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 399th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2015, he has put 438 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.59 in August 2015 to 8.80, a 55% improvement. Nate has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 2.44 | 3.93 | top 2.7% | 399 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 8.80 | 10.69 | top 4.4% | 2,455 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.74 | 4.44 | top 6.4% | 1,652 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.57 | top 8.0% | 3,178 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.00 | 20.56 | top 15.1% | 1,953 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 16.55 | 23.11 | top 19.9% | 1,342 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 47.70 | 58.03 | top 21.7% | 3,296 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.93 | 1:53.76 | top 36.1% | 2,868 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.90 | 1:55.08 | top 38.1% | 2,735 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:07.10 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,670 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at Dallas Winter Variation 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Oklahoma Fall 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Oklahoma Fall 2016.
- 23 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at Westlake Open 2016.
- 16 Jan 2016First sub-15 3×3: 11.99 at OKCubing 2016.
- 16 Jan 2016Three personal bests in one day at OKCubing 2016.
Competitions
- Spring Forward 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Parity for Charity 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- KCubing Fall 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- KCubing Winter 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Dallas Winter Variation 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Westlake Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Dallas Spring 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- OKCubing 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Dallas Winter 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Dallas Back to School 2015 · 16 Aug 2015
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.
- Mahith Bandi — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Pranav Veera — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Creston Brooks — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.