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Nathan Miles

3×3 one-handed · top 0.68% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019MILE04

Nathan Miles has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.39, set at Prescott Cubing Winter 2024, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in the United States. Until November 2013, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since August 2019, he has put 1,076 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.39 in August 2019 to 6.48, a 23% improvement. Nathan has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.68% of 73,695 all-time
9.39
signature single · Prescott Cubing Winter 2024
1,076
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed9.3910.63
top 0.68%109 / 15,683
3×36.487.47
top 0.84%534 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.143.87
top 1.4%376 / 28,708
4×427.8830.28
top 1.7%288 / 19,072
7×72:18.982:25.22
top 2.2%64 / 3,184
6×61:32.441:36.52
top 2.3%90 / 4,196
5×552.7655.74
top 2.6%205 / 9,401
Megaminx46.2649.81
top 3.5%259 / 7,841
Skewb2.674.65
top 3.5%545 / 18,907
2×21.833.39
top 3.7%1,475 / 40,951
Square-114.6417.10
top 15.6%1,049 / 6,743
Clock9.9811.09
top 25.0%1,917 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves36.00
early days — 3 solves586 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded2:12.212:22.44
top 37.4%785 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 20:11—
early days — 1 solve400 / 731

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

AZCubing Summer 2019: 8.39AZCubing Winter 2019: 9.38AZCubing Summer 2022: 7.67AZCubing Winter 2022: 7.48You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023: 7.65Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 7.48CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 8.20Sonoran Side Events 2023: 6.79Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 7.07Appalachian Highlands TN 2024: 6.48Return of the Ville KY 2025: 6.73See Georgia: Cloudland Canyon A 2025: 6.63Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025: 6.89Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.89Oldham County Fall 2025: 6.87Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025: 7.10Frost-Free Favorites AZ 2025: 6.52Georgia Championship 2026: 6.72Vanderbilt Winter 2026: 7.57CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 7.666.489.3831 Aug 201925 Apr 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.

  • Ivan Vanek — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 76 times
  • Dan Tran — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
  • Mia Sponseller — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 65 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.