People · United States
Nathan Barbre
2×2 · top 0.47% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018BARB17
Nathan Barbre has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.95, set at Idaho Summer B 2021, puts him in the top 0.47% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 196th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2018, he has put 492 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.91 in November 2018 to 9.01, a 52% improvement. Nathan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.95 | 3.21 | top 0.47% | 196 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.01 | 10.68 | top 4.9% | 2,735 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.60 | 6.57 | top 5.9% | 1,517 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 37.88 | 44.68 | top 9.7% | 1,446 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 59.49 | 1:03.08 | top 9.7% | 671 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.49 | 20.16 | top 13.8% | 1,791 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 4.64 | 7.74 | top 15.5% | 2,435 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.02 | 1:31.18 | top 16.1% | 1,248 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 18.61 | 24.67 | top 24.8% | 1,643 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 2:59.79 | 3:16.68 | top 41.0% | 1,499 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:45.07 | 5:03.19 | top 46.2% | 1,342 / 3,184 |
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
- 16 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Idaho French Fried 2022.
- 7 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Going Slow in Idaho 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022Five personal bests in one day at Going Fast in Idaho 2022.
- 11 Dec 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Idaho Spudcubing II 2021.
- 11 Dec 2021Six personal bests in one day at Idaho Spudcubing II 2021.
- 6 Nov 2021Five personal bests in one day at Missoula 2021.
Competitions
- Spooky Solving Idaho 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Idaho Freeze Dried 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Back to Square-1 Idaho 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Idaho French Fried 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Going Slow in Idaho 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Going Fast in Idaho 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Idaho Spudcubing II 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Missoula 2021 · 6 Nov 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Idaho Summer B 2021 · 17 Jul 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Idaho Spudcubing 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Calvin Nielson — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.