People · United States
Nate Perry
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012PERR01
Nate Perry has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.97, set at Wichita Air Capital Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 794th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2012, he has put 653 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.97 in May 2012 to 6.97, a 53% improvement. Nate has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.97 | 8.51 | top 1.3% | 794 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.34 | 2.33 | top 1.5% | 611 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.76 | 8.33 | top 11.7% | 3,043 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 42.11 | 46.63 | top 14.6% | 2,195 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.93 | 1:52.71 | top 26.8% | 1,850 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.67 | 34.84 | top 36.0% | 4,753 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 7.55 | 12.60 | top 37.8% | 6,476 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.63 | 2:01.54 | top 47.2% | 3,925 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 7:44.18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,067 / 4,196 |
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
- 13 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Wichita Air Capital Cubing 2026.
- 29 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Lawrence Fall 2016.
- 10 Sep 2016Three personal bests in one day at KCubing Summer 2016.
- 7 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at Kansas City Cubing 2015.
- 1 Nov 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Lawrence Open 2014.
- 1 Nov 2014Four personal bests in one day at Lawrence Open 2014.
Competitions
- Wichita Air Capital Cubing 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wichita Speedcubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Respect Kansas 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- KCubing Winter 2017 · 4 Mar 2017
- Lawrence Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- KCubing Summer 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- OKCubing 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Dallas Winter 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas City Cubing 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Lawrence Spring 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Lawrence Open 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Iowa Corn Lovers 2014 · 7 Jun 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Kansas Cube Off 2012 · 19 May 2012 — 2 personal bests 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 his.
- David Woner — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Samuel Pollom — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Walker Welch — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.