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Nathan Rees

3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017REES02

Nathan Rees has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.91, set at Spokane Winter 2018, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,152nd in the United States. Across 10 competitions since April 2017, he has put 109 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.27 in April 2017 to 12.91, a 29% improvement. Nathan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.91
signature single · Spokane Winter 2018
109
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.9116.03
top 17.1%9,152 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed30.8633.99
top 48.6%6,650 / 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

Atomic Fools 2017: 18.27Spokane Valley Summer 2017: 17.19Atomic Cubing Fall 2017: 15.91Spokane Winter 2018: 12.91Chiawana Cubing 2018: 14.43Atomic Cubing Spring 2018: 15.89Yakima Valley Cubing 2018: 16.11Atomic Cubing Spring 2019: 16.06Spooky Solving Idaho 2023: 14.46Idaho Spring Speedcubing Spectacular 2024: 14.4512.9118.271 Apr 201720 Apr 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.