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Nathan Sims
3×3 · top 12.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016SIMS01
Nathan Sims has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.50, set at Florida 2019, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,650th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since June 2016, he has put 197 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.12 in June 2016 to 11.50, a 46% improvement. Nathan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 15.85 | top 12.2% | 6,650 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 5.15 | top 25.7% | 10,222 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.91 | 10.93 | top 27.2% | 7,552 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 55.60 | 1:06.98 | top 31.6% | 5,047 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 26.40 | 48.59 | top 42.3% | 2,787 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 8.75 | 11.19 | top 46.8% | 8,407 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.41 | 2:12.05 | top 49.1% | 4,172 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.47 | 39.60 | top 50.1% | 6,995 / 15,900 | |
| 6×6 | 4:09.43 | 4:15.54 | early days — 3 solves | 2,725 / 4,262 | |
| Megaminx | 3:49.88 | — | top 88.2% | 7,262 / 8,026 |
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
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at Florida 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Florida 2019.
- 24 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at STEM Educ8 2018.
- 29 Jul 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.99 at Cubing Knights 2017.
- 18 Jun 2016First competition: Cubing Knights 2016. A 21.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing with Manatees 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Florida Winter Break 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Florida Fall Fest 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Florida 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- STEM Educ8 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
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.
- Sean Hartman — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Noah Paredes — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Daniel Porter — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.