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Nathan Fares

2×2 · top 0.059% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021FARE01

Nathan Fares has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.63, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 0.059% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Australia. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since April 2021, he has put 1,810 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.39 in April 2021 to 6.00, a 58% improvement. Nathan has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.059% of 189,179 all-time
0.63
signature single · Australian Nationals 2025
1,810
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.631.34
top 0.059%13 / 8,727
3×36.007.31
top 0.49%53 / 11,943
Megaminx40.6745.68
top 1.8%25 / 1,313
3×3 one-handed11.2114.23
top 2.1%55 / 2,685
4×429.7438.72
top 2.7%74 / 3,108
Pyraminx3.164.72
top 4.2%191 / 6,109
Skewb3.485.89
top 7.7%211 / 3,589
5×51:10.231:12.35
top 11.9%162 / 1,412
Square-114.4420.97
top 15.2%154 / 920
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves40.33
top 20.4%102 / 474
Clock9.2010.69
top 20.9%250 / 1,159
6×62:21.082:30.89
top 21.2%135 / 667
7×74:03.264:24.29
top 32.0%157 / 540
3×3 blindfolded2:54.07—
early days — 3 solves239 / 399
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 37:33—
early days — 1 solve186 / 186

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

Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 14.39Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022: 9.96Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 10.53Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 10.07Melbourne Summer 2023: 8.86Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 8.33St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023: 8.21Victorian Open 2023: 9.37Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023: 8.17Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023: 7.41Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 7.29Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023: 7.47Melbourne Summer 2024: 8.13Altona Algorithms 2024: 7.68Kensington May Sunday 2024: 6.88Australian Nationals 2024: 7.96Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 6.11Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 7.32Melbourne Summer 2025: 6.90Spark Melbourne February 2025: 7.24VIC State Championship 2025: 6.89Spark Melbourne July 2025: 7.24Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025: 7.13Australian Nationals 2025: 6.62Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 6.84Melbourne Summer 2026: 7.35North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 6.94West Melbourne Open 2026: 6.23Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026: 6.00Australian Nationals 2026: 7.59Belgrave Open 2026: 6.05Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026: 6.486.0014.3917 Apr 202127 Sep 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 — 355 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.