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Nathan P. Johnson

3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018JOHN48

Nathan P. Johnson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at Back to School Utah 2023, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,181st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2018, he has put 194 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.62 in December 2018 to 8.56, a 72% improvement. Nathan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.56
signature single · Back to School Utah 2023
194
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5611.14
top 3.9%2,181 / 59,724
2×22.935.11
top 13.4%5,283 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed27.8235.93
top 41.5%5,557 / 15,683

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

Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 30.62Utah Valley Open 2019: 33.82Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022: 12.68Utah Snowball Bash 2022: 9.61Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 10.89Utah Megacomp 2023: 11.59Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023: 11.75Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 11.47Utah Summer Side Events B 2023: 12.45Back to School Utah 2023: 8.56Utah Championship 2023: 10.97Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 10.99Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 11.998.5633.821 Dec 20186 Jan 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.

  • Eric Pesci — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Cade Beck — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Isaac Myers — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.