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Nathan Castaneda
3×3 · top 82.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025CAST08
Nathan Castaneda has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 44.92, set at UCSD TritoNxN 2026, puts him in the top 82.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50,250th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 21 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 16.04 in March 2025 to 13.22, an 18% improvement. Nathan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 44.92 | 52.62 | top 82.0% | 50,250 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 13.22 | 22.14 | top 87.4% | 36,297 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 5:33.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,285 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 3:25.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 18,818 / 19,072 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Mar 2025First competition: SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025. A 51.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025 · 8 Mar 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.
- Michael Young — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shane Grogan — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Govic — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 4.92 away.
- A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.