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Nathan Raber

Pyraminx · top 4.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015RABE03

Nathan Raber has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.28, set at Eugene 2016, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,203rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2015, he has put 657 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.37 in June 2015 to 10.60, a 65% improvement. Nathan has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.6% of 129,321 all-time
3.28
signature single · Eugene 2016
657
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.287.43
top 4.6%1,203 / 28,708
2×22.044.34
top 5.0%2,003 / 40,951
3×310.6014.82
top 9.3%5,064 / 59,724
Skewb4.116.23
top 11.6%1,807 / 18,907
4×447.5752.48
top 21.6%3,271 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed22.9329.20
top 28.6%3,686 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
top 48.3%1,031 / 2,040
Clock15.4218.93
top 49.6%4,048 / 8,927
5×52:19.772:41.59
top 60.9%5,233 / 9,401
Square-141.3452.27
top 67.1%4,409 / 6,743
Megaminx2:48.362:53.77
top 69.5%5,357 / 7,841
6×65:39.05—
early days — 2 solves3,625 / 4,196
7×79:35.42—
early days — 1 solve3,104 / 3,184

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

Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015: 30.37Keep Portland Weird 2015: 16.93PDX Cubing Beta 2015: 19.73Oregon State Alpha 2016: 15.98PDX Cubing Alpha 2016: 18.86Puget Sound Spring 2016: 17.08Rose City 2016: 19.11Atomic Cubing Summer 2016: 16.00US Nationals 2016: 13.73Oregon 2016: 15.59Puget Sound Fall 2016: 14.72PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 14.61Eugene 2016: 15.10Puget Sound Winter 2017: 15.20Keep Portland Weird 2017: 14.28Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017: 14.43Rose City 2017: 15.74Northwest Championships 2017: 14.64CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018: 13.01PDX Cubing for Causes 2019: 12.15Oregon State Fall 2025: 10.6010.6030.3713 Jun 20156 Dec 2025

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.