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Nathaniel Capistrano

2×2 · top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015CAPI03

Nathaniel Capistrano has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at Iligan Open 2016, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in the Philippines. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2015, he has put 195 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.71 in December 2015 to 1.81, a 79% improvement. Nathaniel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.81
signature single · Iligan Open 2016
195
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
2×21.815.25
top 3.6%100 / 4,257
Pyraminx6.3010.30
top 22.2%589 / 2,621
3×314.9319.25
top 24.2%2,536 / 6,270
3×3 one-handed33.8942.75
top 55.2%1,533 / 2,440
4×41:32.722:04.36
top 65.6%1,616 / 2,135

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

Cubing for a Cause 2015: 8.71Clash Of Cubers II 2016: 5.65Iligan Open 2016: 1.81Maxx Open 2017: 3.03Bukidnon Speedcubing Challenge 2017: 4.33Cagayan de Oro Open 2017: 3.78Iligan Open 2017: 3.41Cubing Sa Nia Ra Jud Open 2018: 3.851.818.7127 Dec 201526 May 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.