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Nathaniel Kelly
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018KELL10
Nathaniel Kelly has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.60, set at Burke Mountain Cubing 2019, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,064th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2018, he has put 163 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.70 in October 2018 to 10.60, a 57% improvement. Nathaniel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.60 | 13.71 | top 9.3% | 5,064 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.33 | 5.75 | top 30.7% | 12,233 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.08 | 33.34 | top 37.0% | 4,919 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.16 | 11.33 | top 37.5% | 10,695 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.31 | 1:23.29 | top 50.1% | 8,428 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Salem Cube Trials 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.10 at The Battle of Lexington 2018.
- 6 Oct 2018First competition: MIT Fall 2018. A 24.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Hudson Valley Summer 2019 · 13 Jul 2019
- Cubing in Cambridge 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Burke Mountain Cubing 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Salem Cube Trials 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
- The Battle of Lexington 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
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.
- Tim Kwartler — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Derek White — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thaddeus Ciras — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.