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Nathan Kearney

3×3 · top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008KEAR01

Nathan Kearney has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.01, set at Maryland 2018, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,687th in the United States. Across 59 competitions since November 2008, he has put 1,215 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.93 in November 2008 to 11.01, a 59% improvement. Nathan has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.01
signature single · Maryland 2018
1,215
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.0113.57
top 10.5%5,687 / 59,724
4×442.6847.12
top 15.3%2,310 / 19,072
2×23.535.16
top 20.6%8,067 / 40,951
5×51:26.191:36.06
top 24.3%1,883 / 9,401
Pyraminx7.1111.42
top 28.7%7,938 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed26.5630.16
top 38.2%5,076 / 15,683
Megaminx1:46.481:56.92
top 38.4%2,755 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded2:16.55—
top 38.9%819 / 2,092
Skewb7.9315.62
top 40.8%7,071 / 18,907
Square-128.9837.13
top 47.5%3,089 / 6,743
6×63:44.463:53.72
top 60.3%2,315 / 4,196
7×75:41.945:55.23
top 63.1%1,891 / 3,184

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

Drexel Fall 2008: 26.93UPenn Spring competition 2009: 15.58Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009: 19.08Washington DC Open 2010: 15.58Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 18.31Safe Haven competition 2010: 16.53Washington DC Spring 2010: 16.30UK Open 2010: 17.52Washington DC Winter 2011: 15.02River Hill Spring 2011: 14.65United States National Championships 2011: 16.81Princeton Fall 2011: 17.34Bridgewater Open 2011: 13.94River Hill Winter 2012: 14.21Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012: 13.38River Hill Summer 2012: 13.81United States National Championships 2012: 13.27UK Open 2012: 15.77Levittown Open 2012: 14.38River Hill Winter 2013: 14.53Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 13.38World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 14.26Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 13.96Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 14.80River Hill Winter 2014: 15.21US Nationals 2014: 15.94Starlight Open 2014: 15.33River Hill Summer 2014: 13.71Slow n Steady Fall 2014: 15.05River Hill Winter 2015: 13.32Johns Hopkins Winter 2015: 14.23Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 15.62Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 13.51River Hill Fall 2015: 14.22Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 14.10Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 14.71TJHSST Fall 2016: 16.48Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 14.87EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 14.77Irish Championship 2017: 13.50Severna Park Summer 2017: 13.35Rally In The Valley 2017: 12.51TJHSST Fall 2017: 11.70Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 12.84Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 14.24River Hill Spring 2018: 12.36Tea Time Spring 2018: 15.71Maryland 2018: 11.01TJHSST Fall 2018: 14.79River Hill Spring 2019: 13.60Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 13.51CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 13.52Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 15.12Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019: 12.56Solving Hunger Virginia 2019: 14.14TJHSST Fall 2019: 13.24Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 14.21Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 11.9111.0126.9315 Nov 200823 Feb 2020

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.