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Natapong Kanema

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016KANE02

Natapong Kanema has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Imagination Station A 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,474th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since December 2016, he has put 1,120 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.67 in December 2016 to 7.86, a 60% improvement. Natapong has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.86
signature single · Imagination Station A 2026
1,120
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.8610.91
top 2.5%1,474 / 59,724
2×22.113.31
top 5.5%2,199 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.6619.94
top 11.8%1,533 / 15,683
Pyraminx5.439.25
top 16.0%4,221 / 28,708
Skewb4.817.51
top 16.7%2,641 / 18,907
4×444.8556.00
top 18.1%2,759 / 19,072
Square-119.0827.48
top 25.8%1,697 / 6,743
5×51:47.172:04.73
top 40.6%3,283 / 9,401
6×65:33.39—
early days — 2 solves3,590 / 4,196
Megaminx3:47.93—
early days — 1 solve7,060 / 7,841

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

Shaker Fall 2016: 19.67Dayton Winter 2017: 14.81Howland High Spring 2017: 15.91CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 16.03Glass City Open 2017: 14.82Wildcat Holiday 2017: 11.49Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 15.07Shaker Spring 2018: 15.29Flag City Spring 2018: 15.38Kent State Taco Bash 2018: 13.24Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 8.63Michigan 2018: 14.34Shaker Fall 2018: 13.28Mishawaka Summer 2019: 13.32Kent Fall 2019: 14.38Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 12.87Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 12.76CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 10.97Ohio Valley Open 2022: 12.10Imagination Station B 2023: 11.12Washtenaw Winter 2023: 11.48Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 10.51Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 10.94Bulldog Spring 2023: 10.69Flag City Summer 2023: 10.76Washtenaw Winter 2024: 10.31Trojan Spring 2024: 11.29Washtenaw Summer 2024: 10.36Washtenaw Fall 2024: 10.48Washtenaw Winter 2025: 10.23Bowling Green 2025: 10.10Bowling Green Fall 2025: 10.06Ohio Championship 2025: 9.98Imagination Station A 2026: 7.86Bowling Green Spring 2026: 10.06Algorithms in Archbold 2026: 10.107.8619.6710 Dec 201611 Apr 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.