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Nathan Kang
3×3 · top 21.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025KANG16
Nathan Kang has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.20, set at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 21.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,718th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2025, he has put 117 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.84 in April 2025 to 14.20, a 47% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.20 | 18.62 | top 21.7% | 11,718 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.72 | 6.59 | top 23.0% | 9,012 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.92 | 9.59 | top 35.5% | 10,038 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.81 | 1:08.50 | top 39.5% | 6,417 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 15.96 | 18.91 | top 51.7% | 4,232 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:37.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,081 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:50.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,418 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 13.11 | 16.80 | top 71.1% | 13,404 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 1:03.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,758 / 6,743 |
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
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.20 at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: Preble Spring 2025. A 26.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Morrow Mixup Mania 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Prebleminxing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing by the Kings OH 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Braden Richards — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emery McFeeter — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.20 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.