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Nathaniel Klima

2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016KLIM01

Nathaniel Klima has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at SacCubing III 2018, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,134th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2016, he has put 61 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.69 in February 2016 to 2.09, a 63% improvement. Nathaniel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.09
signature single · SacCubing III 2018
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.093.66
top 5.4%2,134 / 40,951
Skewb4.2815.81
top 12.9%1,996 / 18,907
3×312.4817.63
top 15.6%8,319 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.498.63
top 23.7%6,448 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed47.18
early days — 3 solves10,716 / 15,683
4×41:58.69
early days — 1 solve15,073 / 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

Berkeley Winter 2016: 5.69SacCubing I 2017: 2.95SacCubing III 2018: 2.09CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 5.202.095.6920 Feb 201627 Jul 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.