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Nathaniel Setiawan

2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021SETI01

Nathaniel Setiawan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.03, set at Wonderful Williamstown 2022, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 369th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2021, he has put 261 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.46 in December 2021 to 2.03, a 54% improvement. Nathaniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.03
signature single · Wonderful Williamstown 2022
261
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.033.35
top 4.9%369 / 8,567
Pyraminx3.845.35
top 6.9%304 / 5,993
3×39.8312.19
top 7.0%646 / 11,709
Skewb5.697.25
top 23.4%619 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed41.4044.49
top 67.3%1,596 / 2,659
4×42:01.79
early days — 2 solves2,553 / 3,051

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

December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 4.46Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 3.76Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 2.03Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022: 3.11Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 2.31Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 2.59Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 2.272.034.4628 Dec 202118 Mar 2023

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 0.03 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.