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Nate Hoffmaster

3×3 · top 14.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017HOFF03

Nate Hoffmaster has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.18, set at Whale Sounds 2018, puts him in the top 14.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,768th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since April 2017, he has put 199 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.24 in April 2017 to 12.18, a 50% improvement. Nate has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.5% of 284,439 all-time
12.18
signature single · Whale Sounds 2018
199
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.1813.80
top 14.5%7,768 / 59,724
Skewb4.987.28
top 17.9%2,846 / 18,907
Pyraminx6.4912.17
top 23.7%6,448 / 28,708
2×24.665.97
top 35.0%13,956 / 40,951
4×41:03.501:07.80
top 40.1%6,525 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed28.7532.55
top 43.8%5,905 / 15,683
Square-127.3536.91
top 44.3%2,877 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves
early days — 1 solve969 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:10.96
early days — 2 solves1,174 / 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

Mountain View Open 2017: 24.24Windsor Classic 2017: 21.02Classic City Summer 2017: 16.29Cobb Cubes 2017: 14.79Classic City Spooks 2017: 13.09Classic City 4 Charity 2017: 13.02Whale Sounds 2018: 12.1812.1824.2429 Apr 201727 Jan 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.