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Nathan Budzichowski

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022BUDZ04

Nathan Budzichowski has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at New-Cumberland County 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,363rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2022, he has put 795 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.73 in September 2022 to 9.86, a 57% improvement. Nathan has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.78
signature single · New-Cumberland County 2024
795
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.782.96
top 3.5%1,363 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.117.08
top 4.0%1,073 / 28,708
Skewb2.847.30
top 4.2%654 / 18,907
3×39.8613.58
top 7.1%3,891 / 59,724
4×453.951:00.04
top 29.5%4,610 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed24.3028.49
top 32.3%4,224 / 15,683
Clock11.5315.95
top 32.7%2,568 / 8,927
Square-123.3129.23
top 35.4%2,294 / 6,743
Megaminx2:09.172:38.92
top 50.7%3,789 / 7,841
5×52:02.792:28.51
top 51.0%4,276 / 9,401

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

Pretzel Mania 2022: 22.73Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 20.34River Hill Fall 2022: 17.98West Chester Fall 2022: 18.42Dunkirk Winter 2023: 18.13Pretzel Mania 2023: 16.21Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023: 18.44Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 15.84TJHSST Spring 2023: 13.79Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 17.90Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 14.76CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 15.74Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 13.40Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 15.23Cumberland County Cubing 2023: 13.55River Hill Fall 2023: 13.19MoCo Cubing Winter 2024: 12.68Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 12.49New-Cumberland County 2024: 10.28Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 14.15Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 12.78Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 14.70Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 12.95Ephrata Fall 2025: 12.60UMBC Fall 2025: 9.869.8622.733 Sep 202218 Oct 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.