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Nathaniel Christian

2×2 · top 29.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2005 · 2005CHRI02

Nathaniel Christian has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.20, set at Horace Mann Spring competition 2005, puts him in the top 29.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,527th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2005, he has put 53 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.02 in May 2005 to 16.44, a 25% improvement. Nathaniel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 29.1% of 186,767 all-time
4.20
signature single · Horace Mann Spring competition 2005
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.2010.72
top 29.1%11,527 / 40,951
3×316.4421.06
top 29.2%16,039 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed46.8450.88
top 73.6%10,660 / 15,683
4×41:56.831:59.77
top 80.2%14,884 / 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

Horace Mann Spring competition 2005: 22.02Rubik's World Championship 2005: 21.37Rutgers Fall competition 2005: 16.4416.4422.0228 May 200510 Dec 2005

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.

  • Jonathan Mun — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Jason Baum — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.