People · United States
Nathan Blow
3×3 · top 2.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017BLOW01
Nathan Blow has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.71, set at ODU Big Blue Spring 2023, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,389th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2017, he has put 259 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.84 in September 2017 to 7.71, a 65% improvement. Nathan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 7.71 | 9.39 | top 2.3% | 1,389 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 36.90 | 44.30 | top 8.7% | 1,319 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.33 | 24.26 | top 13.5% | 1,762 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.32 | top 14.0% | 5,562 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 16.61 | 24.23 | top 20.1% | 1,368 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.14 | 1:56.97 | top 42.8% | 3,539 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 9.21 | 13.96 | top 49.9% | 9,055 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.60 | 15.54 | top 64.7% | 19,405 / 29,168 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.22 at Virginia Beach Spring 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Beach Spring 2023.
- 31 Mar 2018Six personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018First sub-20 3×3: 14.67 at Northern Neck Winter 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Northern Neck Winter 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Northern Neck Winter 2018.
Competitions
- Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Spring 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2017 · 9 Sep 2017
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.
- Michael Nielsen — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Bobby Mapp — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Charles Jerome — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 6.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.