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Nathan Murphy

2×2 · top 27.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022MURP05

Nathan Murphy has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.11, set at Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 293rd in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since June 2022, he has put 55 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Nathan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 27.9% of 186,767 all-time
4.11
signature single · Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×24.116.65
top 27.9%293 / 1,510
3×316.3117.22
top 28.8%368 / 2,164
Pyraminx10.5011.74
top 56.9%467 / 946

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

Arnold Classic Africa 2022: 17.47Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022: 20.71Inni-Horie-Fees 2024: 16.3116.3120.713 Jun 20225 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.