People · Australia
Nathan Nairn
Pyraminx · top 0.82% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019NAIR04
Nathan Nairn has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at Adelaide Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 0.82% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Australia. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since May 2019, he has put 682 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.31 in May 2019 to 9.34, a 56% improvement. Nathan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.79 | 3.15 | top 0.82% | 45 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 4.20 | top 3.7% | 289 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 9.34 | 12.36 | top 5.7% | 518 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 3.50 | 7.32 | top 7.8% | 213 / 3,534 | |
| Clock | 6.29 | 7.72 | top 8.3% | 105 / 1,095 | |
| 4×4 | 39.37 | 43.43 | top 11.4% | 296 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.44 | 1:35.71 | top 23.7% | 317 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.68 | 25.98 | top 27.9% | 627 / 2,659 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 42.33 | top 33.6% | 156 / 468 | |
| Square-1 | 22.52 | 28.05 | top 33.6% | 323 / 899 | |
| 6×6 | 3:19.97 | 3:28.39 | top 50.6% | 311 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 5:12.49 | 5:23.56 | top 54.6% | 270 / 523 | |
| Megaminx | 2:45.97 | — | top 68.6% | 889 / 1,277 |
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
- 2 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at Unley Spring 2024.
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at SA Sprint Showdown 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at South Australian Open 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at On the Side South Australia 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at South Australian Open 2022.
- 22 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Adelaide Autumn 2022.
Competitions
- Adelaide Autumn 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- All Welcome Adelaide 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Summer 2025 · 10 Jan 2025
- Unley Spring 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow Down Adelaide 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- SA Sprint Showdown 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Mildura Madness 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- South Australian Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Adelaide Winter Sunday 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- On the Side South Australia 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Australian Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Clare Valley Cubing 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Autumn 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Simple Solution South Australia 2021 · 19 Sep 2021
- SA State Championship 2021 · 5 Jun 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Adelaide Twin Sunday 2021 · 17 Jan 2021 — 7 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Koalafication Adelaide 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Aston Culf — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Rafael Chowindra — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Dallas McNeil — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 72 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.