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Nathaniel Elijah Paz

3×3 · top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017PAZN01

Nathaniel Elijah Paz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.41, set at Houston Winter 2020, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,361st in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2017, he has put 120 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.30 in October 2017 to 11.41, a 41% improvement. Nathaniel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.41
signature single · Houston Winter 2020
120
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.4113.34
top 11.8%6,361 / 59,724
2×23.054.94
top 14.8%5,810 / 40,951
4×452.521:00.73
top 27.8%4,303 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.0712.88
top 36.8%10,419 / 28,708
5×51:44.871:50.21
top 39.1%3,137 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed31.4034.85
top 49.8%6,861 / 15,683
Megaminx2:08.632:26.72
top 50.5%3,762 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded3:02.74
early days — 2 solves1,129 / 2,092
Square-133.3338.87
top 55.7%3,677 / 6,743
Clock24.47
early days — 3 solves6,631 / 8,927
6×65:03.41
early days — 1 solve3,296 / 4,196
7×77:55.13
early days — 1 solve2,822 / 3,184

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

Yeehaw 2017: 19.30South East Texas Open 2018: 18.03Howdy Partner 2018: 16.15DFW Cubing Fiesta August 2018: 12.94Houston Winter 2020: 11.41Space City Winter 2024: 11.4911.4119.307 Oct 20176 Jan 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.