People · United States
Nathan Lien
3×3 · top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LIEN02
Nathan Lien has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.73, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,945th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since March 2023, he has put 64 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. 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 | 11.73 | 13.90 | top 13.0% | 6,945 / 59,724 |
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
- 12 Mar 2023First competition: Berkeley Spring 2023. A 12.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023
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.
- Nolan Yiu — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mitchell Lane — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- An Le — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.