People · United States
Nathan Palmer
2×2 · top 46.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011PALM01
Nathan Palmer has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.56, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 46.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,601st in the United States. Across 14 competitions since February 2011, he has put 139 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.27 in February 2011 to 23.50, a 62% improvement. Nathan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.56 | 7.64 | top 46.0% | 18,601 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 23.50 | 26.18 | top 49.2% | 28,608 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 20.68 | 24.50 | top 66.7% | 5,723 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.97 | 20.11 | top 67.0% | 19,811 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 14,512 / 19,072 |
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
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-30 3×3: 24.84 at Slow N Steady Winter 2018.
- 18 Jun 2011First sub-60 3×3: 55.34 at River Hill Spring 2011.
- 19 Feb 2011First competition: Washington DC Winter 2011. A 1:01.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Rally In The Valley 2018 · 16 Jun 2018
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012 · 13 Oct 2012 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2012 · 21 Jan 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2011 · 18 Jun 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Washington DC Winter 2011 · 19 Feb 2011
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Callan — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Deniz Atak — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.