People · United States
Nathan O'Keefe
3×3 · top 3.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025OKEE01
Nathan O'Keefe has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,820th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2025, he has put 301 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.67 in January 2025 to 8.19, a 15% improvement. Nathan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.19 | 10.59 | top 3.1% | 1,820 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 3.81 | top 14.0% | 5,562 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.79 | 25.32 | top 14.6% | 1,926 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 46.58 | 51.16 | top 20.4% | 3,129 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.64 | 12.16 | top 25.0% | 6,918 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 10.56 | 12.71 | top 27.7% | 2,187 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 31.96 | 45.49 | top 53.2% | 3,548 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.61 | 2:16.18 | top 54.1% | 4,650 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 14.34 | 17.10 | top 76.1% | 14,641 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 3:15.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,426 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 5:14.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,465 / 4,262 |
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
- 3 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Northern Kentucky 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First competition: Vanderbilt Winter 2025. A 9.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- RVA Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio Championship 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kids America Christmas Clash OH 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minxing in Memphis 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
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.
- Evan Brown — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Luke Garrett — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
- Emery McFeeter — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.