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Nathan Watson
3×3 · top 31.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023WATS01
Nathan Watson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.27, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023, puts him in the top 31.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,605th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2023, he has put 68 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.01 in January 2023 to 17.27, a 22% improvement. Nathan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 17.27 | 20.37 | top 31.8% | 17,605 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.69 | 6.31 | top 35.4% | 14,119 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 14.62 | 18.54 | top 77.0% | 14,670 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.02 | 20.37 | top 81.9% | 24,196 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 2:04.38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,672 / 19,072 |
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
- 12 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.16 at Berkeley Spring 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: SacCubing XIII 2023. A 22.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIII 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
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.
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ayush Anand — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Zhou — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.27 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.