People · Australia
Nate Leitch
2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022LEIT02
Nate Leitch has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at VIC State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 122nd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since April 2022, he has put 962 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.20 in April 2022 to 9.56, a 66% improvement. Nate has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.25 | 2.79 | top 1.2% | 122 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.52 | 4.95 | top 2.2% | 107 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 2.66 | 4.31 | top 3.5% | 120 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 | 9.56 | 12.04 | top 6.3% | 574 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 35.17 | 37.30 | top 6.9% | 180 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 6.03 | 7.34 | top 7.3% | 97 / 1,095 | |
| Megaminx | 54.85 | 1:01.97 | top 7.4% | 93 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.56 | 22.56 | top 14.0% | 315 / 2,659 | |
| Square-1 | 14.07 | 23.23 | top 14.3% | 146 / 899 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.35 | 1:22.44 | top 15.6% | 210 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 40.00 | top 26.7% | 132 / 468 | |
| 6×6 | 2:50.99 | 3:00.17 | top 36.6% | 229 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 4:23.24 | 4:35.17 | top 38.8% | 187 / 523 |
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
- 17 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Solving in Sale 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Nimble Newborough 2025.
- 2 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at VIC Side State Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Geelong Winter 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Side N Blind Narre Warren 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2026 · 17 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Nimble Newborough 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- VIC Side State Championship 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Nimble Newborough 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Side N Blind Narre Warren 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kensington May Saturday 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
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.
- Zayd Chaudhry — met in 195 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 195 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Charlie Handley — met in 185 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.