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Nathan Graves

Pyraminx · top 2.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014GRAV02

Nathan Graves has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.57, set at FSUbers 11.0 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 631st in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since November 2014, he has put 1,621 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.99 in November 2014 to 8.51, a 67% improvement. Nathan has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.4% of 129,321 all-time
2.57
signature single · FSUbers 11.0 2026
1,621
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.576.05
top 2.4%631 / 28,708
3×38.5111.14
top 3.8%2,117 / 59,724
2×22.144.12
top 5.7%2,292 / 40,951
Square-111.8815.37
top 9.6%678 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed20.4927.32
top 21.8%2,805 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.67
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
4×41:02.461:17.97
top 39.1%6,355 / 19,072
Skewb7.7110.90
top 39.1%6,719 / 18,907
Clock13.1316.13
top 40.2%3,192 / 8,927
5×52:50.363:10.48
top 74.8%6,659 / 9,401
Megaminx3:14.15—
top 79.0%6,228 / 7,841
7×78:53.499:02.19
early days — 3 solves3,017 / 3,184
6×66:43.427:07.38
top 94.3%3,930 / 4,196

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

Florida Feast 2014: 25.99Florida Spring 2015: 18.32Peach State 2015: 16.35Cubing Knights 2015: 15.66Cubetoberfest 2015: 13.50Florida Feast 2015: 13.43For The Love Of Cubing 2016: 12.80Spring Scramble 2016: 12.61Central Florida Summer 2016: 11.15Cubing Knights 2016: 12.63For The Love Of Cubing 2017: 11.69Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017: 11.79CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.83Cubing Knights 2017: 10.88Florida Feast 2017: 10.67Winter Warmup 2018: 10.80STEM Educ8 2018: 11.55Indialantic Open 2018: 11.94Florida 2019: 10.77Gator Cubing Spring Open 2019: 10.78Florida Fall Fest 2019: 9.76ERAU Speedcubing Fall 2019: 9.76Florida Returns 2021: 12.26Florida Spring B 2022: 11.87CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 11.58FSUbers 3.0 2022: 9.12Pegasus 2023: 11.39Wolfpack Winter 2023: 11.77Holiday Open 2023: 11.94Tally Spring 2023: 11.04CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 10.04Algorithms on Abercorn 2023: 11.14Jacksonville Winter 2023: 10.41Cubing Knights V 2023: 11.20ODU Big Blue Winter 2024: 11.35Miami Spring 2024: 11.87FSUbers 6.0 2024: 11.07CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 11.80Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024: 12.97FSUbers 7.0 2024: 10.75Miami Skewbed 2024: 9.38FSUbers 8.0 2025: 8.51Beach Bash Jacksonville 2025: 12.16Zephyr Cube Bash 2025: 11.42Thrice as Nice Miami 2025: 12.11FSUbers 11.0 2026: 12.47CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 11.498.5125.9929 Nov 201425 Apr 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.