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Nathan Powell
Pyraminx · top 4.1% of 130,891 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025POWE01
Nathan Powell has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.14, set at Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,114th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 100 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Nathan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.14 | 9.71 | top 4.1% | 1,114 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 10.91 | 11.83 | top 10.3% | 5,616 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.45 | 5.24 | top 19.7% | 7,804 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 12.80 | 16.70 | top 38.8% | 3,148 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.26 | 38.55 | top 51.8% | 7,252 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,583 / 19,354 |
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
- 18 Jan 2025First competition: Puzzles in Pottsville 2025. A 12.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ephrata Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Berwick Spring 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 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.
- Carter Strouse — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zach Ridall — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles Darrington — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.