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Nathan Ellis

2×2 · top 33.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014ELLI05

Nathan Ellis has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.56, set at Florida Winter Break 2019, puts him in the top 33.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,413th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since September 2014, he has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.10 in September 2014 to 18.50, a 61% improvement. Nathan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 33.7% of 186,767 all-time
4.56
signature single · Florida Winter Break 2019
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.567.65
top 33.7%13,413 / 40,951
3×318.5022.55
top 35.6%19,956 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed59.71
early days — 1 solve12,532 / 15,683

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

River Hill Summer 2014: 47.10Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014: 20.61Slow n Steady Fall 2014: 22.40River Hill Winter 2015: 20.66Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 20.29Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 27.30Florida Winter Break 2019: 19.70Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 18.5018.5047.106 Sep 201423 Feb 2020

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.