People · Canada
Nathan Pope
2×2 · top 3.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019POPE01
Nathan Pope has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.75, set at Richmond Summer Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 221st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2019, he has put 283 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.78 in January 2019 to 12.34, a 63% improvement. Nathan has entered 15 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.75 | 4.15 | top 3.4% | 221 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 12.34 | 15.50 | top 15.1% | 1,447 / 10,502 | |
| Skewb | 4.99 | 9.03 | top 18.1% | 418 / 2,928 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.00 | 8.94 | top 20.0% | 834 / 4,913 | |
| 4×4 | 59.97 | 1:10.87 | top 36.5% | 987 / 3,180 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.28 | 2:19.84 | top 56.9% | 776 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.67 | 49.36 | top 63.5% | 1,537 / 2,632 | |
| Clock | 22.81 | 24.88 | top 72.1% | 728 / 1,057 |
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
- 5 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Summer Open 2023.
- 18 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.85 at Cloverdale Open 2022.
- 23 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.00 at BC Cubing Springback B 2022.
- 2 Mar 2019First sub-30 3×3: 28.98 at Vancouver Island 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First competition: UBC Open 2019. A 33.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Coquitlam Crunch 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Richmond Summer Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023
- Bothell Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Vancouver Pride 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Cubing on Par B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- Richmond Open Summer B 2022 · 7 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cloverdale Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- BC Cubing Springback B 2022 · 23 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
- Vancouver Island 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kenny Zhong — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.