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Nathan Phillips

4×4 · top 0.071% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021PHIL05

Nathan Phillips has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 20.46, set at Race the Clock MN 2025, puts him in the top 0.071% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in the United States. Until June 2017, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since July 2021, he has put 4,075 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.75 in July 2021 to 5.37, a 39% improvement. Nathan has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.071% of 83,917 all-time
20.46
signature single · Race the Clock MN 2025
4,075
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×420.4626.52
top 0.071%11 / 19,072
7×71:48.081:58.41
top 0.17%4 / 3,184
2×20.762.20
top 0.18%79 / 40,951
5×540.4745.80
top 0.19%18 / 9,401
3×35.376.64
top 0.21%141 / 59,724
6×61:18.131:22.10
top 0.46%23 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed10.3412.47
top 1.3%205 / 15,683
Pyraminx2.193.90
top 1.5%398 / 28,708
Square-16.9810.67
top 1.8%138 / 6,743
Skewb2.234.27
top 2.0%294 / 18,907
Megaminx41.9946.82
top 2.1%156 / 7,841
Clock3.944.77
top 2.2%188 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves32.00
top 4.0%103 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded44.7057.56
top 8.1%161 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 10:13—
top 48.6%369 / 731
4×4 blindfolded8:38.96—
early days — 1 solve197 / 440

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

Copper Country Cubing Summer 2021: 8.75Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021: 7.64Cubetcha A 2021: 8.29North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 8.11Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 6.83Minnesota Cube Day 2022: 7.57Sioux Falls Spring 2022: 6.96Get to the Point 2022: 7.63Cubetcha 2022: 7.45Rochester Fall 2022: 6.20Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 7.37North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 7.14Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023: 6.94SPAMtown Cubing 2023: 6.37Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 6.22Sioux Falls Summer 2023: 6.37CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 6.58Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023: 5.96North Woods 2023: 6.94Side Events Minnesota 2023: 6.35Race the Clock Minnesota 2023: 6.57North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 6.33Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024: 7.04Elite in Eagan 2024: 6.40Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024: 6.44Eau Claire 2024: 6.65Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 6.67CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 6.00Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 6.35Rosemount Big Cubes 2024: 6.566x6 Still in a Madison Park 2024: 6.71Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 6.75Cubetcha MN 2024: 5.37SPAMtown III MN 2024: 7.06Minnesota Championship 2024: 6.49North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025: 5.94Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025: 7.03Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025: 6.62Racing in Rosemount 2025: 6.31Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 6.36Minnesota Slice 2025: 6.27Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.57CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 6.20CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 6.20Wisconsin Championship 2025: 5.90Cubetcha MN 2025: 5.79Minnesota Championship 2025: 6.18Race the Clock MN 2025: 6.85North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 5.90Eau Clock Wisconsin 2026: 5.663x3 in Madison 2026: 5.46CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 6.08Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.54SPAMTown IV MN 2026: 5.685.378.7524 Jul 202125 Jul 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.