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Nathaniel Berg

Skewb · top 0.38% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012BERG04

Nathaniel Berg has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.45, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Sweden. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since October 2012, he has put 4,848 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.68 in October 2012 to 6.84, an 87% improvement. Nathaniel has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.38% of 73,281 all-time
1.45
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
4,848
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
Skewb1.454.80
top 0.38%8 / 1,173
3×36.848.40
top 1.2%48 / 2,925
Pyraminx2.284.33
top 1.7%59 / 1,730
4×427.8332.36
top 1.7%24 / 1,120
Clock3.735.36
top 1.8%15 / 546
3×3 one-handed12.8916.30
top 4.2%46 / 868
2×21.963.13
top 4.5%173 / 2,325
5×559.981:08.94
top 5.5%38 / 562
6×62:05.812:22.35
top 13.6%37 / 249
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves39.33
top 14.8%33 / 168
Megaminx1:09.521:14.08
top 15.3%74 / 564
7×73:17.323:25.96
top 15.5%34 / 206
Square-116.6022.74
top 20.0%90 / 427
3×3 blindfolded4:55.84—
early days — 2 solves130 / 159

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

Swedish Championship 2012: 51.68Danish Open 2013: 19.77World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 15.40Swedish Championship 2013: 14.34Ballerup Open 2013: 14.84German Nationals 2013: 13.34Roskilde Christmas Classic 2013: 13.39Skanderborg Open 2014: 11.42Linkub 2014: 11.88Danish Open Championship 2014: 10.11Inspiria Cube Day 2014: 10.80Stockholm Open 2014: 10.34Austrian Open 2014: 11.19Viking Summer Open 2014: 11.28US Nationals 2014: 9.66Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 10.80Swedish Championship 2014: 10.05LeanNova Cube Day 2014: 9.66Rebild Open 2014: 9.97Kjeller Open 2014: 9.76Vantaa Open 2014: 9.99Linkub 2015: 11.00Generalforsamlingen 2015: 9.72Norwegian Championship 2015: 9.24German Open 2015: 8.73Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2015: 8.25Danish Small Cube Open 2015: 9.24Danish Open Championships 2015: 9.07World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 8.87US Nationals 2015: 9.22Norrkubing 2015: 10.78Oslo Fall 2015: 8.69ÅF Cube Days 2015: 8.67UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 9.29Swedish Championship 2015: 8.47Generalforsamlingen 2016: 10.06Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2016: 9.03Roskilde by Vote 2016: 9.16Gothenburg Cube Open 2016: 8.40European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 8.37US Nationals 2016: 8.67Sandnes Open 2016: 8.04ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016: 7.97Lucia Open 2016: 9.06SSL 1 Jönköping 2017: 7.76Norwegian Championship 2017: 7.26Kongens Lyngby Open 2017: 9.01Danish Open 2017: 8.39World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.00Vestegnen Open 2017: 9.02SSL 3 Kungsbacka 2017: 7.18Kvissel Fall 2017: 7.77SSL Final Borås 2017: 7.41Generalforsamlingen 2018: 7.48Norwegian Championship 2018: 7.68Swedish Championship 2018: 8.10WCA European Championship 2018: 6.84Nordic Championship 2018: 7.58Hawaii 2018: 8.10Lights of Reykjavik 2019: 7.94SSL 2 Skurup 2019: 7.32WCA World Championship 2019: 7.096.8451.686 Oct 201211 Jul 2019

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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.