People · Australia
Nate Towns
3×3 · top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025TOWN01
Nate Towns has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.40, set at Queensland Open 2026, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,042nd in Australia. Across 7 competitions since February 2025, he has put 139 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.88 in February 2025 to 11.40, a 45% improvement. Nate has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.40 | 13.95 | top 11.8% | 1,042 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.39 | 9.31 | top 15.7% | 759 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 4.31 | top 20.5% | 1,555 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 8.94 | 11.16 | top 48.0% | 1,522 / 3,534 |
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
- 9 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.29 at Speedy Southport 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.14 at QLD State Championship 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025First competition: Brisbane Summer 2025. A 20.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedy Southport 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- QLD State Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Summer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
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.
- Connor Sharpe — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Connor Theodore — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Otsu — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.