People · Canada
Nathan Liang
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LIAN09
Nathan Liang has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Ottawa Side Events B 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 384th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2016, he has put 437 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.58 in May 2016 to 8.62, a 19% improvement. Nathan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.62 | 10.83 | top 4.0% | 384 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 32.65 | 35.65 | top 4.7% | 109 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 4.35 | top 9.7% | 632 / 7,173 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.26 | 1:12.48 | top 9.8% | 115 / 1,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.52 | 8.96 | top 10.3% | 375 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.68 | 21.08 | top 14.3% | 307 / 2,620 | |
| 6×6 | 2:08.70 | 2:14.89 | top 14.8% | 69 / 665 | |
| Skewb | 4.61 | 8.61 | top 15.3% | 330 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.38 | 1:17.89 | top 17.7% | 160 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 16.84 | 20.81 | top 20.6% | 173 / 952 | |
| 7×7 | 3:39.32 | 3:55.28 | top 23.2% | 92 / 503 |
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
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ottawa Big Cubes 2025.
- 4 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Ottawa Spring 2024.
- 17 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at NCR Favourites 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at National Capital Region A 2023.
- 19 May 2018Five personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2018.
- 21 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2017.
Competitions
- Gros Jouets à Montréal 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Side Events B 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Favourites 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter C 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- National Capital Region A 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2017 · 21 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 6 personal bests 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.
- Michael Fairbairn — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 21 times · head to head
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Amun Chawla — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.