People · New Zealand
Nathan Chong
3×3 · top 0.83% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016CHON06
Nathan Chong has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.46, set at Palmerston North 2024, puts him in the top 0.83% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in New Zealand. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2016, he has put 565 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.77 in October 2016 to 6.46, a 40% improvement. Nathan 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.46 | 8.94 | top 0.83% | 33 / 2,145 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.38 | 14.81 | top 2.3% | 23 / 607 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.04 | 4.79 | top 3.8% | 70 / 1,149 | |
| 4×4 | 32.68 | 37.43 | top 4.8% | 50 / 745 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.58 | top 9.7% | 203 / 1,627 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.99 | 1:17.11 | top 13.9% | 52 / 364 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.38 | 1:38.90 | top 15.2% | 63 / 284 | |
| Skewb | 4.73 | 7.72 | top 16.2% | 128 / 670 | |
| Square-1 | 17.97 | 25.97 | top 23.3% | 70 / 254 | |
| 6×6 | 2:46.60 | 3:02.92 | top 34.4% | 67 / 150 | |
| Clock | 19.54 | 26.72 | top 63.3% | 226 / 319 |
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
- 13 Oct 2018Six personal bests in one day at Supreme South Open 2018.
- 8 Dec 2017Five personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2017.
- 26 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Supreme South Open 2017.
- 13 May 2017Five personal bests in one day at Techweek NZ 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at SNZ Southern 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017Eight personal bests in one day at SNZ Southern 2017.
Competitions
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Palmerston North 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SNZ Southern 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
- Supreme South Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- SNZ Southern 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Supreme South Open 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Techweek NZ 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- SNZ Southern 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Great South Open 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Alex Asbery — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
- Lucas O'Connell — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Tom Nelson — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 63 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.