People · Ireland
Nathan Flood
2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023FLOO01
Nathan Flood has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at PBs in Phibblestown 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 221 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.79 in March 2023 to 13.40, a 58% 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 | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.73 | 5.40 | top 3.2% | 61 / 1,163 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.07 | 7.64 | top 13.6% | 175 / 911 | |
| 3×3 | 13.40 | 18.97 | top 18.9% | 262 / 1,427 | |
| Skewb | 10.06 | 12.10 | top 55.3% | 358 / 624 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.25 | 48.66 | top 67.1% | 259 / 448 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.45 | — | top 69.6% | 366 / 579 |
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
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.40 at Dublin Summer Solving 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.51 at UCD Cube Days 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at UCD Cube Days 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Meath Autumn 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 25.12 at Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023.
Competitions
- PBs in Phibblestown 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin Winter Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Meath for Speed 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCD Cube Days 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Meath Autumn 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
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.
- Namuun Natsagdorj — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jamie Knox — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Simon Kelly — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.