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Nathan Khlebnikov

3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022KHLE01

Nathan Khlebnikov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.75, set at Israel Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 124th in Israel. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2022, he has put 241 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.22 in December 2022 to 8.75, a 49% improvement. Nathan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.75
signature single · Israel Open 2024
241
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×38.7512.44
top 4.3%124 / 2,022
2×21.983.31
top 4.6%92 / 1,401
Pyraminx4.035.96
top 7.8%97 / 957
Skewb4.525.11
top 14.6%93 / 618
4×446.9355.06
top 20.7%131 / 659
3×3 one-handed21.0723.48
top 23.4%168 / 658
Clock10.1711.67
top 25.9%79 / 252

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

NR Hanukkah: Sq-1 & Skewb 2022: 17.22Puriminx C 2023: 14.20Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024: 10.13CinemaCube Israel 2024: 12.81Israel Open 2024: 8.75Israel Championship 2024: 9.93Cubing for Yuval 2024: 11.048.7517.2221 Dec 202221 Oct 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.