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Nathan Elverud

3×3 · top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019ELVE03

Nathan Elverud has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.09, set at Fargo Fall 2019, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,824th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since September 2019, he has put 126 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.11 in September 2019 to 11.09, a 15% improvement. Nathan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.09
signature single · Fargo Fall 2019
126
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.0911.93
top 10.8%5,824 / 59,724
4×444.1245.81
top 17.2%2,614 / 19,072
5×51:24.551:33.58
top 22.8%1,775 / 9,401
2×23.936.53
top 25.6%10,051 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed22.3825.82
top 27.1%3,495 / 15,683
6×62:54.993:10.29
top 38.6%1,399 / 4,196
7×75:05.975:23.53
early days — 3 solves1,528 / 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

Sioux Fall 2019: 13.11Fargo Fall 2019: 11.09FargoDome 2023: 11.3811.0913.1128 Sep 20196 May 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.