People · United States
Nathan Block
3×3 · top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BLOC02
Nathan Block has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,933rd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2022, he has put 190 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.15 in October 2022 to 9.12, a 52% improvement. Nathan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.12 | 13.70 | top 5.2% | 2,933 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 3.73 | top 12.5% | 4,990 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.70 | 9.11 | top 17.8% | 4,804 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.17 | 10.17 | top 19.5% | 3,146 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 49.44 | 53.79 | top 24.1% | 3,727 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.26 | 27.85 | top 35.0% | 4,684 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.13 | — | top 43.5% | 3,617 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 29.56 | 36.88 | top 48.6% | 3,213 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 4:14.25 | 4:53.52 | top 70.2% | 2,792 / 4,262 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Utah Newcomers 2025.
- 20 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.12 at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024.
- 20 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Utah Ice Cubing 2024.
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.99 at Utah Ice Cubing 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022First competition: Utah Championship 2022. A 19.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024 · 20 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 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.
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Myers — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Skye Bateman — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.