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Nathan Murphy

2×2 · top 28.0% of 189,179 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 28.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 297th 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 28.0% of 189,179 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 28.0%297 / 1,525
3×316.3117.22
top 28.9%373 / 2,187
Pyraminx10.5011.74
top 56.9%473 / 958

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 — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.