People · United States
Nathan Matcha
3×3 · top 38.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023MATC01
Nathan Matcha has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.34, set at SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 38.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,481st in the United States. Across 12 competitions since January 2023, he has put 104 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.88 in January 2023 to 19.34, a 43% improvement. Nathan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 19.34 | 23.39 | top 38.1% | 21,481 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.32 | 15.72 | top 55.5% | 16,225 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 6.90 | 9.13 | top 59.6% | 24,452 / 40,951 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.34 at SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025.
- 27 May 2023First sub-30 3×3: 25.64 at Westview Cubing Favorites 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: Chula Vista Winter 2023. A 33.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Big Cub 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Spring 2023 · 2 Apr 2023
- Oak Valley Winter B 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 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.
- Anders Arnsten — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Govic — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Graham Siggins — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.34 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.