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Nathan Shake

2×2 · top 51.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011SHAK03

Nathan Shake has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.02, set at MIT Spring 2012, puts him in the top 51.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,807th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since September 2011, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.31 in September 2011 to 6.02, a 28% improvement. Nathan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 51.1% of 186,767 all-time
6.02
signature single · MIT Spring 2012
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×26.027.50
top 51.1%20,807 / 40,951
3×326.6632.97
top 56.1%33,121 / 59,724

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

Yale Fall 2011: 8.31MIT Fall 2011: 6.83MIT Spring 2012: 6.02Harvard Spring 2012: 7.696.028.3110 Sep 20117 Apr 2012

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

  • Kate Sosik — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Josh Flagg — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.