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Nathan Nguyen
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024NGUY09
Nathan Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.56, set at WPI Winter 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,231st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2024, he has put 85 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Nathan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 7.56 | 8.95 | top 2.1% | 1,231 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.77 | 2.80 | top 3.4% | 1,339 / 40,951 |
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
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: WPI Winter 2024. A 8.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WPI Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 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.
- Derek White — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Cameron Soulagnet — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Krish Shah-Nathwani — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.