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Nathan Cheng
3×3 · top 92.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025CHNA01
Nathan Cheng has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:01.70, set at Ogunquit Winter 2025, puts him in the top 92.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57,066th in the United States. Across 1 competition since December 2025, he has put 10 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 1:01.70 | 1:08.43 | top 92.2% | 57,066 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 21.51 | 32.33 | top 96.4% | 40,576 / 41,674 |
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 story so far
- 20 Dec 2025First competition: Ogunquit Winter 2025. A 1:01.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ogunquit Winter 2025 · 20 Dec 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.
- James Donahue — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Cohen — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Russo — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 264,087 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-20 2×2 single — 180,725 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.