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Nathaniel Khalinsky

2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015KHAL02

Nathaniel Khalinsky has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at Connor's Cube Day 2016, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2015, he has put 625 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.36 in October 2015 to 8.78, a 34% improvement. Nathaniel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.41
signature single · Connor's Cube Day 2016
625
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.412.77
top 1.8%155 / 8,567
3×38.789.78
top 4.4%409 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed14.4217.99
top 6.9%158 / 2,659
Square-110.7312.94
top 7.4%76 / 899
Pyraminx4.255.50
top 8.9%409 / 5,993
5×51:13.801:20.52
top 14.4%194 / 1,356
4×442.0946.94
top 14.6%366 / 3,051
Skewb6.287.84
top 28.0%763 / 3,534
Megaminx1:31.861:40.61
top 29.4%368 / 1,277
6×62:42.913:03.26
top 32.4%200 / 641
7×74:11.204:21.97
top 34.7%164 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves
early days — 2 solves251 / 468

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

Australian Nationals 2015: 13.36Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 10.91Cubing Classic 2016: 11.00Melbourne Autumn 2016: 11.42Connor's Cube Day 2016: 9.89Cube for Cambodia 2016: 11.19Australian Nationals 2016: 10.54Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 9.08POPS Open 2016: 9.76Cubing Classic 2017: 9.28Cube for Cambodia 2017: 8.78Australian Nationals 2017: 9.108.7813.363 Oct 201523 Sep 2017

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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.