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Nathaniel Ortega

3×3 one-handed · top 0.34% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015ORTE02

Nathaniel Ortega has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at Fairview Cube Day 2018, puts him in the top 0.34% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in the Philippines. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since June 2015, he has put 1,048 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.66 in June 2015 to 6.58, a 52% improvement. Nathaniel has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.34% of 73,695 all-time
8.56
signature single · Fairview Cube Day 2018
1,048
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×3 one-handed8.5612.91
top 0.34%12 / 2,440
3×36.587.81
top 0.92%83 / 6,270
4×428.0732.41
top 1.8%40 / 2,135
5×556.701:05.76
top 4.0%38 / 928
2×22.083.01
top 5.3%180 / 4,257
7×72:42.322:58.70
top 6.0%21 / 275
6×61:58.062:04.47
top 10.2%41 / 298
Skewb4.066.51
top 11.3%167 / 1,320
Pyraminx5.307.44
top 15.1%408 / 2,621
Square-122.3433.40
top 33.2%145 / 374
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves43.33
top 33.6%60 / 189

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

CGJV Speedcubing Open 2015: 13.66Cube-a-Thon 2015: 14.58Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2015: 11.90Metro Speedcubing Open 2016: 11.14CGJV Speedcubing Rush 2016: 9.90Manila Metropolitan Championship 2016: 9.93Philippine Championship 2016: 8.66Baguio City Open 2016: 8.10Urdaneta City Fiesta Open 2016: 8.09Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2016: 11.65Cube Ala-eh II 2017: 9.59Extra Rise Open 2017: 8.98Best Open 2017: 8.42Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 8.01Pangasinan Speedcubing Open 2017: 8.55Cavite Speedcubing Open 2017: 8.49Philippine Championship 2017: 7.75Lucena Speedcubing Open 2018: 8.76ValenZheng Cube Open 2018: 7.27Bataan Speedcubing Open 2018: 7.51Fairview Cube Day 2018: 8.35PSC Open 2018: 7.79CaMaNaVa Open 2018: 6.58Philippine Championship 2018: 7.79Cube Ala-Eh IV 2019: 7.276.5814.5820 Jun 201513 Jan 2019

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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.