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Nathan Liu

Clock · top 2.1% of 32,817 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023LIUN02

Nathan Liu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.88, set at Take Your Time Sydney 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in Australia. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since December 2023, he has put 617 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.79 in December 2023 to 7.97, a 42% improvement. Nathan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 2.1% of 32,817 all-time
3.88
signature single · Take Your Time Sydney 2025
617
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Clock3.884.80
top 2.1%27 / 1,159
Megaminx42.9647.35
top 2.4%36 / 1,313
3×37.9710.70
top 2.8%268 / 11,943
Skewb2.584.38
top 3.2%110 / 3,589
2×22.133.12
top 5.7%421 / 8,727
Pyraminx3.626.12
top 6.0%268 / 6,109
4×437.9241.32
top 9.8%259 / 3,108
Square-112.7524.84
top 11.4%122 / 920
5×51:11.671:26.08
top 12.9%180 / 1,412
3×3 one-handed20.2123.82
top 21.1%481 / 2,685
6×62:21.092:39.35
top 21.3%136 / 667
7×73:59.704:22.06
top 30.7%147 / 540
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves44.67
top 48.5%217 / 474

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

Sydney Summer 2023: 13.79Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 12.72Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 11.71Cubing at The Cube 2025: 10.39Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025: 10.58Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025: 10.49NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 9.79Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 10.60Australian Nationals 2026: 9.66Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026: 7.97Thirroul Beachside Twist 2026: 10.817.9713.7916 Dec 202317 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Clock single — 248 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 2.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.