People · Australia
Nathan Li
3×3 · top 27.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LINA06
Nathan Li has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.93, set at Melbourne Summer 2025, puts him in the top 27.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,545th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 43 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.73 in November 2022 to 15.93, a 30% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.93 | 17.89 | top 27.6% | 2,545 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.41 | — | top 61.7% | 1,746 / 3,051 |
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 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.15 at Melbourne Cube Days 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2022. A 22.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Lennon Hughes — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- William Herring — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Putian Ye (叶溥天) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 27.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.