People · Australia
Nathan Denham
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023DENH01
Nathan Denham has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.94, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 263rd in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2023, he has put 220 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.29 in January 2023 to 7.94, a 35% improvement. Nathan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.94 | 10.47 | top 2.7% | 263 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 5.13 | top 14.8% | 1,149 / 8,727 | |
| 4×4 | 50.72 | 1:00.08 | top 25.8% | 664 / 3,108 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.77 | 10.08 | top 26.0% | 1,334 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.79 | 48.64 | top 50.8% | 1,189 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 10.09 | 12.57 | top 55.5% | 1,844 / 3,589 |
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
- 28 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.94 at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First competition: Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023. A 12.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Going Back to the Gong 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Dilly 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Mini May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Nathan Adams — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Bryan Eng — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Adams — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.