People · United States
Nathan L. Nguyen
3×3 · top 7.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023NGUY26
Nathan L. Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.02, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2024, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,131st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2023, he has put 157 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.51 in June 2023 to 10.02, a 53% improvement. Nathan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 10.02 | 13.58 | top 7.5% | 4,131 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 5.10 | top 26.2% | 10,343 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.36 | 10.17 | top 30.8% | 8,601 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.64 | 43.28 | top 45.8% | 6,221 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 10.30 | 13.81 | top 56.7% | 10,336 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 49.48 | 55.81 | top 75.6% | 4,997 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 33.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,853 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 2:19.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,916 / 19,072 |
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
- 10 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 10 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.61 at Slow N Steady Fall 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023First competition: Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023. A 24.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at Carson 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- MoCo Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rich Tayag — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Siddharth Suresh — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.