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Nathan Gong

3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015GONG02

Nathan Gong has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.63, set at 6.25 Bay Area 2017, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,770th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since April 2015, he has put 99 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.97 in April 2015 to 11.63, a 69% improvement. Nathan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.63
signature single · 6.25 Bay Area 2017
99
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.6314.13
top 12.6%6,770 / 59,724
2×23.364.81
top 18.5%7,245 / 40,951

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

SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 37.97BASC 7 2015: 21.35Berkeley Summer 2015: 25.36Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 20.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 19.36Berkeley Spring 2017: 18.856.25 Bay Area 2017: 11.63San Ramon 2017: 14.41Berkeley Summer 2017: 16.04San Ramon Cubed 2017: 14.48Berkeley Fall 2017: 14.31West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 14.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 15.5911.6337.9719 Apr 20153 Jul 2022

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.

  • Ryan Jew — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
  • An Le — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Samuel Zhu — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.