People · Malaysia
Natalie Cate Skelchy
3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023SKEL03
Natalie Cate Skelchy has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.89, set at MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025, puts her in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Malaysia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2023, she has put 342 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.34 in March 2023 to 6.89, a 39% improvement. Natalie has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.89 | 9.63 | top 1.2% | 51 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 1.55 | 3.33 | top 2.4% | 55 / 2,541 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.77 | 21.08 | top 7.6% | 114 / 1,327 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.20 | 5.66 | top 8.7% | 166 / 1,723 | |
| 4×4 | 39.14 | 45.22 | top 11.1% | 192 / 1,219 | |
| Clock | 8.08 | 8.93 | top 15.6% | 63 / 406 | |
| Square-1 | 17.98 | 25.20 | top 23.3% | 98 / 364 | |
| Skewb | 6.21 | 7.39 | top 27.4% | 342 / 1,053 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.60 | 1:42.12 | top 27.8% | 212 / 617 |
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
- 28 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at XMUM Cube Open 2026.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at XMUM Cube Open 2025.
- 1 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024.
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023.
- 28 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023.
- 10 Mar 2023First competition: Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023. A 12.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Selangor Cube Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- 1 Shamelin Cube Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- XMUM Cube Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best 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 her.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gabriel Chong Chow Chuen — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Tay Wen Chian (郑文谦) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as she improves.