People · United States
Nathan Katona
3×3 · top 42.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025KATO02
Nathan Katona has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.88, set at Ephrata Spring 2026, puts him in the top 42.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,260th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, he has put 56 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.33 in March 2025 to 20.88, a 31% improvement. Nathan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 20.88 | 27.02 | top 42.4% | 24,260 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.20 | 14.00 | top 46.6% | 13,396 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 8.02 | 10.22 | top 67.9% | 28,038 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 14.49 | 17.77 | top 76.6% | 14,569 / 18,907 |
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 Apr 2026First sub-30 3×3: 24.45 at Ephrata Spring 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Ephrata Spring 2026.
- 8 Mar 2025First competition: New-Cumberland County 2025. A 30.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ephrata Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- King of Prussia Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 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.
- Carter Strouse — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zach Ridall — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maxwell Hillman-Freer — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.