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Nathan Maurer
Pyraminx · top 8.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021MAUR01
Nathan Maurer has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.17, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,190th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2021, he has put 290 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.89 in November 2021 to 14.02, a 56% improvement. Nathan has entered 15 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 8.40 | top 8.5% | 2,190 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 14.02 | 19.62 | top 21.0% | 11,328 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 6.49 | 8.22 | top 29.6% | 4,866 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 6.22 | top 29.7% | 11,791 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.94 | 1:12.56 | top 38.6% | 6,250 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.82 | 2:11.33 | top 40.8% | 2,966 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.23 | 48.88 | top 67.0% | 9,566 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.76 | — | top 69.0% | 6,046 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 6:49.70 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,449 / 3,184 |
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
- 28 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at SacCubing XXI 2025.
- 28 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XXI 2025.
- 29 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.03 at Davis Fall 2023.
- 29 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Davis Fall 2023.
- 27 Mar 2022First sub-30 3×3: 29.79 at SacCubing XI 2022.
- 13 Nov 2021First competition: SacCubing X 2021. A 31.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- SacMini 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XX 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XVII 2024 · 18 May 2024
- SacCubing XVI 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Folsom Winter 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XI 2022 · 27 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing X 2021 · 13 Nov 2021
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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Martin — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.