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Nathan Free

2×2 · top 20.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016FREE02

Nathan Free has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.52, set at Canada's Best in the West 2018, puts him in the top 20.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,372nd in Canada. Across 6 competitions since May 2016, he has put 104 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.40 in May 2016 to 14.04, a 49% improvement. Nathan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 20.5% of 186,767 all-time
3.52
signature single · Canada's Best in the West 2018
104
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×23.525.23
top 20.5%1,372 / 7,173
3×314.0417.77
top 21.1%2,011 / 10,392
3×3 one-handed48.13
early days — 3 solves1,821 / 2,620
Skewb15.6220.84
top 80.2%2,358 / 2,907
4×41:58.25
early days — 3 solves2,442 / 3,118
Pyraminx18.9827.94
top 91.5%4,537 / 4,858
5×55:30.74
early days — 2 solves1,456 / 1,499

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

Calgary Open Spring 2016: 27.40Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 31.65Foothills Fall 2017: 21.29Cubing Under the Stars 2018: 14.04Canada's Best in the West 2018: 15.05Foothills Fright 2018: 15.5214.0431.6528 May 201627 Oct 2018

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.