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Nathanel Sikes

2×2 · top 17.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023SIKE01

Nathanel Sikes has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,687th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2023, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.18 in March 2023 to 13.40, a 12% improvement. Nathanel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.24
signature single · Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.245.03
top 17.1%6,687 / 40,951
3×313.4016.18
top 18.9%10,130 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.5818.13
top 32.7%9,189 / 28,708
4×41:33.89
early days — 1 solve11,746 / 19,072
Skewb19.8128.88
top 89.3%17,192 / 18,907

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

Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023: 15.18Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023: 14.37Springfield Summer Open 2023: 13.4013.4015.184 Mar 202326 Aug 2023

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.