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Nathan Huo (霍桃溪)
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025HUON02
Nathan Huo (霍桃溪) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at Berkeley Fall 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,736th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2025, he has put 268 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.61 in September 2025 to 8.97, a 52% improvement. Nathan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.97 | 10.44 | top 4.8% | 2,736 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.44 | 20.53 | top 16.3% | 2,136 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 4.52 | top 16.3% | 6,492 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.81 | 8.77 | top 18.6% | 5,039 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 56.69 | 1:02.21 | top 32.8% | 5,293 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 12.71 | 16.80 | top 38.3% | 3,110 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 8.71 | 12.75 | top 46.6% | 8,357 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.44 | 2:25.44 | top 59.2% | 5,132 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 3:18.38 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,505 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 4:59.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,323 / 4,262 |
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
- 2 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Belmont Spring 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at San Ramon Fall 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at San Ramon Fall 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Benicia Open 2025. A 21.62 3×3 single to start from.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.61 at Benicia Open 2025.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Benicia Open II 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Benicia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Chris Martin — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Matthew Ketroser — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 3.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.