People · United States
Nathan Joshua Chandra
2×2 · top 9.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023CHAN52
Nathan Joshua Chandra has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Space City Winter 2024, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,736th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2023, he has put 110 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.57 in May 2023 to 12.03, a 39% improvement. Nathan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 4.44 | top 9.4% | 3,736 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 12.03 | 15.57 | top 14.1% | 7,638 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 9.07 | 12.03 | top 49.0% | 8,876 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.74 | 1:29.07 | top 54.1% | 9,324 / 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
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.71 at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 7 May 2023First competition: DFW Cubing Spring 2023. A 19.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube More in Taylor 2025 · 1 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023 · 20 May 2023
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023
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.
- Michael Conard — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.