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Nathan Adams

Square-1 · top 1.5% of 25,272 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ADAM16

Nathan Adams has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.83, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Australia. Until April 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since August 2022, he has put 1,314 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Nathan has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 1.5% of 25,272 all-time
6.83
signature single · Australian Nationals 2023
1,314
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Square-16.839.31
top 1.5%16 / 899
3×37.819.75
top 2.5%244 / 11,709
Megaminx44.1549.95
top 2.8%40 / 1,277
Pyraminx3.226.24
top 4.4%195 / 5,993
4×433.5238.93
top 5.4%143 / 3,051
2×22.193.66
top 6.1%442 / 8,567
Skewb3.245.08
top 6.3%182 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed15.3720.34
top 8.9%202 / 2,659
Clock7.088.37
top 11.2%133 / 1,095
5×51:13.981:20.05
top 14.5%198 / 1,356
6×63:05.623:22.85
top 43.7%269 / 641
3×3 blindfolded2:51.03—
top 49.9%232 / 394
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves41.67
top 51.8%229 / 468
7×76:57.467:16.27
top 79.7%394 / 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

Sydney Winter Saturday 2022: 8.64Maitland Spring 2022: 9.90Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023: 11.13North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 10.90Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 9.53Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 9.81Maitland Winter 2023: 9.64Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 8.42Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023: 9.53Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 8.99Australian Nationals 2023: 9.09Sydney Summer 2023: 9.04Cubing at The Cube 2024: 8.06Going Back to the Gong 2024: 7.81Solving In Sale 2024: 8.91Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024: 9.18Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 8.59Kiama Winter 2024: 9.18Australian Nationals 2024: 9.80Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 10.09Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024: 9.40Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 8.64Sydney Spring Sunday 2024: 8.69Cubing at The Cube 2025: 9.71Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025: 9.59Solving in Sale 2025: 10.33NSW State Championship 2025: 9.15Cubing at The Cube 2026: 10.58NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 9.527.8111.1327 Aug 202228 Mar 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 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.