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Nathan Maloney

Clock · top 67.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023MALO09

Nathan Maloney has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 21.02, set at Mundaring Mixup 2024, puts him in the top 67.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 726th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since October 2023, he has put 45 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:21.80 in October 2023 to 40.28, a 51% improvement. Nathan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 67.6% of 32,048 all-time
21.02
signature single · Mundaring Mixup 2024
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Clock21.0234.16
top 67.6%726 / 1,095
3×340.2844.91
top 77.2%8,954 / 11,709
2×214.0019.52
top 88.8%7,612 / 8,567

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

Butler Blitz 2023: 1:21.80Albany Summer Solving 2024: 52.00Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 45.20Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024: 45.35Mundaring Mixup 2024: 40.93Freo Cube-Off 2025: 40.2840.281:21.8021 Oct 20235 Apr 2025

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.

  • Zak Kenny — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Amy Smith — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jay Calter — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-20 Clock single — 20,707 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.