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Nathanael Bettis
3×3 · top 24.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009BETT01
Nathanael Bettis has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.02, set at Cambridge Cube Clash 2025, puts him in the top 24.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,302nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since December 2009, he has put 139 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.06 in December 2009 to 15.02, a 73% improvement. Nathanael 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 | 15.02 | 17.20 | top 24.5% | 13,302 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.47 | 5.88 | top 32.5% | 12,934 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.51 | 1:18.79 | top 43.4% | 7,161 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.15 | 33.95 | top 44.7% | 6,037 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.64 | 11.67 | top 50.2% | 14,558 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.28 | 4:31.40 | top 55.0% | 4,646 / 9,401 |
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 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cambridge Cube Clash 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025.
- 22 Oct 2011Four personal bests in one day at Harvard Fall 2011.
- 5 Feb 2011First sub-20 3×3: 19.17 at Brown Cubing Day 2011.
- 5 Feb 2011Five personal bests in one day at Brown Cubing Day 2011.
- 13 Nov 2010First sub-30 3×3: 23.93 at MIT Fall 2010.
Competitions
- Cambridge Cube Clash 2025 · 16 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Brown Cubing Day 2011 · 5 Feb 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Brown Cubing Day 2009 · 12 Dec 2009
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.
- Mike Kotch — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- James Donahue — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Rowe Hessler — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.