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Nathan Hwangbo

3×3 · top 37.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011HWAN01

Nathan Hwangbo has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.21, set at Caltech Fall 2011, puts him in the top 37.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,252nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2011, he has put 18 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.96 in February 2011 to 19.21, a 23% improvement. Nathan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.7% of 284,439 all-time
19.21
signature single · Caltech Fall 2011
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.2122.48
top 37.7%21,252 / 59,724
2×25.289.18
top 42.8%17,228 / 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

Caltech Winter 2011: 24.96Caltech Fall 2011: 19.21Caltech Winter 2012: 19.8819.2124.9612 Feb 201111 Feb 2012

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.21 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.