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Nathan Pickerell

3×3 · top 33.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013PICK02

Nathan Pickerell has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.84, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 33.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,689th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2013, he has put 32 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. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.46 in March 2013 to 17.84, a 24% improvement. Nathan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.6% of 284,439 all-time
17.84
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.8421.61
top 33.6%18,689 / 59,724
4×41:32.34
early days — 3 solves11,530 / 19,072
Pyraminx18.7523.65
top 91.1%26,725 / 28,708

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

UIUC Spring 2013: 23.46Winona Open 2013: 27.06World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 17.84Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 18.8817.8427.0630 Mar 20137 Jun 2014

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.84 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 2.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.