People · Indonesia
Gerson Natanael
2×2 · top 1.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2010 · 2010NATA01
Gerson Natanael has been competing for 16 years. Their best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.40, set at Balam Cubes Citywalk 2026, puts them in the top 1.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Indonesia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since October 2010, they have put 2,106 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Their Skewb best has come down from 11.59 in August 2017 to 2.22, an 81% improvement. Gerson has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Indonesia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.40 | 3.81 | top 1.7% | 38 / 2,912 | |
| Skewb | 2.22 | 4.64 | top 2.0% | 12 / 950 | |
| Clock | 4.54 | 6.02 | top 3.4% | 13 / 405 | |
| 3×3 | 9.82 | 13.30 | top 7.0% | 305 / 4,197 | |
| 4×4 | 39.68 | 45.97 | top 11.8% | 152 / 1,493 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.92 | 1:18.38 | top 12.3% | 67 / 637 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.04 | 9.10 | top 13.4% | 242 / 1,669 | |
| 7×7 | 3:12.86 | 3:27.92 | top 14.2% | 21 / 156 | |
| 6×6 | 2:14.10 | 2:25.89 | top 17.5% | 30 / 186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.39 | 27.82 | top 24.3% | 324 / 1,445 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.82 | 1:55.08 | top 36.4% | 166 / 348 | |
| Square-1 | 25.72 | 34.30 | top 40.8% | 123 / 310 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:15.34 | — | top 56.7% | 187 / 348 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 49.67 | top 59.1% | 75 / 166 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Gajah Mada Speedcubing 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Gramedia Cube Open Jakarta 2024.
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Yongjun Jakarta Speedcubing 2019.
- 16 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Indonesian Championship 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Jakarta Open 2019.
- 4 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Jakarta Mini Open 2019.
Competitions
- PramuCup 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Balam Cubes Bekasi Comeback 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Balam Cubes Citywalk 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cupika Jakarta Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Balam Cubes Jakarta Cube Feast 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Jakarta Mini K-ubing 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- PISKG Premiere Cubing 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Balam Cubes Jakarta New Year 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Rapid Academy Indonesian Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025
- Balam Cubes Baywalk Sides 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Balam Cubes Jakarta Masters 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Cupika Jakarta Cube Feast 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Intermoda BSD Sides Day 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Hublife Speedcubing 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- PSKG Premiere Cubing 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Rapid Academy Indonesian Championship 2024 · 20 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- 50th Anniversary in Indonesia 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Hublife Speedcubing 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Karawang Open 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lippo Mall Puri Speedcubing 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- Philippine Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gajah Mada Speedcubing 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- PSKG Premiere Cubing 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Gramedia Cube Open Jakarta 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Karawang Speedcubing 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Binus Speedcubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Palem 2023 · 12 Nov 2023
- Canisius College Weekend 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Jakarta Masters 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taman Anggrek Speedcubing 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tangerang Lagi 2023 · 9 Jul 2023
- Indonesian Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bandung Cubing 2022 · 8 Oct 2022
- Taman Anggrek Speedcubing A 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- Jakarta Speedcubing 2022 · 6 Aug 2022
- Jakarta Mini Open 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- PSKG Premiere Cubing 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Jakarta Open 2020 · 11 Jan 2020
- Pejaten Village Speedcubing 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
- Yongjun Jakarta Speedcubing 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Indonesian Championship 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Jakarta Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Jakarta Mini Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Jakarta Cubing 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Jakarta Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Indonesian Championship 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- Tangerang Open 2018 · 15 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Jaktim Mini Fasting 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Jakarta Mini Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubikku Champ 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Indonesian Championship 2017 · 4 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Jakarta Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Jakarta Open 2012 · 29 Sep 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Indonesian Open 2011 · 22 Jul 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Jakarta Speedcubing Competition 2011 · 5 Feb 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Jakarta Ceria Open 2010 · 29 Oct 2010
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 their.
- Cendy Cahyo Rahmat — met in 354 rounds, finished ahead 163 times
- Wilson Alvis (陈智胜) — met in 299 rounds, finished ahead 86 times
- Leon Marcell Alamanda — met in 286 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as they improves.