People · Singapore
Nathaniel Louis Koo
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023KOON02
Nathaniel Louis Koo has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at MYHM Singapore Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Singapore. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2023, he has put 160 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.87 in November 2023 to 9.09, a 29% improvement. Nathaniel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 11.56 | top 5.1% | 136 / 1,546 | |
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 3.81 | top 6.4% | 99 / 1,053 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.55 | 9.15 | top 24.2% | 211 / 645 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.35 | 25.51 | top 27.0% | 190 / 460 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 329 / 462 | |
| Skewb | 11.74 | 24.49 | top 64.7% | 262 / 353 |
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 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.09 at MYHM Singapore Championship 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023First competition: Johor Mini 2023. A 13.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cool Down Singapore 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Johor Cube Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore 50 and Counting 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- MYHM Singapore Championship 2024 · 2 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Johor Mini 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Alexius Goh Jun Ying — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Lucas Tan Ding Yang (陈鼎洋) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Luis Tan Hong Yi (陈宏溢) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.