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Nathan Fischer
3×3 · top 15.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025FISC06
Nathan Fischer has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.29, set at UMBC Winter 2026, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,112th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since August 2025, he has put 165 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.45 in August 2025 to 12.29, a 61% improvement. Nathan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.29 | 14.02 | top 15.0% | 8,112 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 5.05 | top 18.2% | 7,233 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.77 | 31.35 | top 28.2% | 3,684 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 6.56 | 8.85 | top 30.3% | 5,048 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.50 | 11.60 | top 32.1% | 9,105 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 12.22 | 14.26 | top 36.0% | 2,920 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.08 | — | top 82.6% | 15,643 / 19,354 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Winter 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.53 at River Hill Fall 2025.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.53 at River Hill Fall 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 23.80 at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025First competition: More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025. A 31.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 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.
- Rich Tayag — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Shiva Thadkamalla — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.