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Nathan Chiem

3×3 · top 0.37% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CHIE03

Nathan Chiem has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.80, set at Western Ontario Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.37% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Canada. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since May 2022, he has put 1,285 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 6.97 in August 2022 to 5.80, a 17% improvement. Nathan has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.37% of 284,439 all-time
5.80
signature single · Western Ontario Winter 2026
1,285
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×35.807.34
top 0.37%30 / 10,392
4×423.9029.89
top 0.48%14 / 3,118
5×545.3750.18
top 0.73%9 / 1,499
6×61:21.881:31.38
top 0.83%6 / 665
7×72:12.442:17.64
top 1.4%8 / 503
3×3 one-handed11.3615.55
top 2.2%47 / 2,620
2×21.922.97
top 4.2%268 / 7,173
Megaminx54.641:01.64
top 7.3%59 / 1,375
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves34.33
top 8.0%26 / 283
Clock8.099.09
top 15.6%124 / 1,029

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

Battle of Waterloo 2022: 6.97Richmond Hill 2022: 7.45Ajax NxNxN 2022: 7.41Appleby Winter B 2023: 8.11Pickering A 2023: 7.05Appleby Summer A 2023: 8.11Washtenaw Slow Summer 2023: 8.06Rubik's x Speedcubing Canada All-Stars 2023: 8.26Ajax 3x3x3 Evening 2023: 7.15Appleby Fall A 2023: 7.82Scarborough Fall A 2023: 6.99Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 7.41Battle of Waterloo 2024: 7.69Michigan Championship 2024: 6.70Appleby Summer 2024: 7.81Ontario Championship 2024: 8.27Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024: 6.58Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024: 6.18Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 7.73Waterloo Winter 2025: 7.13Mississauga Newcomers B 2025: 7.04Western Ontario Winter 2025: 7.30Pickering Favourites Spring 2025: 7.67Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 7.14Championnat Canadien 2025: 8.17Michigan Championship 2025: 7.07Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025: 6.80Waterloo Fall 2025: 7.51Western Ontario Winter 2026: 5.80Canadian Prairie Championship 2026: 7.70BC Championship 2026: 7.27Michigan Mini 44 2026: 7.074x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 7.665.808.2720 Aug 202229 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.