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Nathan Kelly
Pyraminx · top 5.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022KELL06
Nathan Kelly has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.48, set at Manchester Favourites II 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 205th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2022, he has put 566 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.33 in May 2022 to 11.48, a 73% improvement. Nathan has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.48 | 6.65 | top 5.4% | 205 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 4.10 | top 9.1% | 605 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 11.48 | 14.35 | top 12.1% | 852 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 4.59 | 7.70 | top 15.1% | 353 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 9.53 | 10.80 | top 22.7% | 313 / 1,232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.05 | 34.64 | top 51.3% | 904 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.55 | 1:32.41 | top 57.2% | 1,245 / 2,071 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.80 at Manchester August 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bolton Spring 2024.
- 29 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.35 at Manchester Spring 2024.
- 29 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Manchester Spring 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Manchester Winter 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at North Wales Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Manchester Favourites II 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Manchester June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Stevenage August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester August 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Crewe Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Manchester Spring 2024 · 29 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Manchester Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- North Wales Summer 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Carlisle Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Chester Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022
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.
- Fred Lang — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead once
- Joel Keenan — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.