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Nathan Popov

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018POPO02

Nathan Popov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.71, set at NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,345th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2018, he has put 513 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.39 in January 2018 to 7.71, a 67% improvement. Nathan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.71
signature single · NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022
513
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.719.86
top 2.3%1,345 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.934.25
top 3.4%895 / 28,708
2×22.143.07
top 5.7%2,292 / 40,951
Clock5.907.30
top 6.9%540 / 8,927
Skewb5.198.45
top 19.6%3,128 / 18,907
4×446.6552.63
top 20.4%3,097 / 19,072
Megaminx1:33.591:40.77
top 30.4%2,134 / 7,841
5×51:50.831:58.06
top 43.1%3,533 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed28.7834.11
top 43.8%5,916 / 15,683
6×65:18.15—
top 84.8%3,443 / 4,196

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

Lions Cubing 2018: 23.39CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 22.49Elk Cubing 2018: 15.24Three Seconds Snakes 2018: 19.42Coach Pigeon 2018: 12.47Wiscube 2018: 11.67Albany Winter 2019: 11.81CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 10.09CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 11.39Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 10.95Bulldog Qualifier 2019: 12.78Madison Summer 2019: 10.40Lake Country Fall 2019: 10.59Albany Fall 2019: 10.34Wiscube 2019: 8.80Windy City New Year 2022: 11.09NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 7.717.7123.3921 Jan 20185 Mar 2022

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.