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Nathan Grimes

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018GRIM01

Nathan Grimes has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at Atlanta Subdivisions 2018, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,136th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2018, he has put 48 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 28.64 in January 2018 to 25.71, a 10% improvement. Nathan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.65
signature single · Atlanta Subdivisions 2018
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.6514.95
top 9.4%5,136 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed25.7128.31
top 36.1%4,768 / 15,683
4×41:04.301:13.66
top 41.0%6,693 / 19,072

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

Whale Sounds 2018: 28.64Atlanta Subdivisions 2018: 25.7125.7128.6427 Jan 201812 May 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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 0.65 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.