People · United States
Nathan Nguyen
3×3 · top 0.98% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023NGUY48
Nathan Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.65, set at Space City Winter TX 2025, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 618th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, he has put 499 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.04 in September 2023 to 6.65, a 40% improvement. Nathan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 6.65 | 8.76 | top 0.98% | 618 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 27.30 | 32.92 | top 1.5% | 255 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 4.00 | 4.94 | top 2.3% | 195 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 53.19 | 55.53 | top 2.7% | 216 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.76 | 14.69 | top 4.0% | 589 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 3.78 | top 5.1% | 2,035 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.74 | 5.25 | top 6.4% | 1,652 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 1:54.49 | 1:59.86 | top 8.9% | 311 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 3:01.46 | 3:27.10 | top 11.0% | 298 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.83 | 1:22.84 | top 20.4% | 1,404 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 7.74 | 8.48 | top 39.3% | 6,763 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:01.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,417 / 2,092 |
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
- 1 Jun 2025Six personal bests in one day at Cube More in Taylor 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Space City Winter TX 2025.
- 20 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Brazos Cubing Fall 2024.
- 2 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Don't Pop Austin 2024.
- 21 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
Competitions
- Cube More in Taylor 2025 · 1 Jun 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Pop Austin 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2023 · 10 Sep 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.
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 72 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Noah Silva — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 63 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.