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Nathan Nakaguchi

3×3 · top 0.95% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015NAKA02

Nathan Nakaguchi has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.61, set at A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023, puts him in the top 0.95% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 594th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since November 2015, he has put 950 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.22 in November 2015 to 6.61, a 67% improvement. Nathan has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.95% of 284,439 all-time
6.61
signature single · A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023
950
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.618.71
top 0.95%594 / 59,724
2×21.363.16
top 1.6%633 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.423.75
top 2.0%529 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed12.3815.75
top 3.5%529 / 15,683
Megaminx51.3855.27
top 5.7%410 / 7,841
4×434.7341.44
top 6.5%998 / 19,072
Skewb4.666.71
top 15.6%2,454 / 18,907
5×51:17.741:22.90
top 17.3%1,348 / 9,401
6×62:39.442:57.61
top 30.4%1,070 / 4,196
7×74:26.344:54.84
top 39.9%1,132 / 3,184
Square-132.4452.13
top 54.0%3,563 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,364 / 2,040

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

Cubing at SkillCon 2015: 20.22Reno Open 2016: 14.13Nisei Week 2016: 12.56Berkeley Summer 2016: 12.41Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 10.72Skillcon 2016: 10.34MVCS Spring 2017: 8.97Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 9.116.25 Bay Area 2017: 9.41Nisei Week 2017: 9.36Fresno Fall 2017: 7.20Skillcon 2017: 8.53South Enough 2018: 8.56Berkeley Winter 2018: 8.56CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 8.24West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 6.81Nisei Week 2018: 9.40Skillcon 2018: 8.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 7.50Berkeley Spring 2019: 8.09CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 8.54West LA Winter 2020: 8.08A Bruin Cube Day 2022: 8.18WCC Western Championship 2022: 7.81A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 6.616.6120.227 Nov 201525 Mar 2023

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.

  • Paul Mahvi — met in 141 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
  • Ryan Jew — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 78 times
  • Graham Siggins — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 48 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.