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Nathan Sachleben

Skewb · top 9.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023SACH03

Nathan Sachleben has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.72, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,392nd in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since February 2023, he has put 555 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.40 in March 2023 to 11.02, a 28% improvement. Nathan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 9.1% of 73,281 all-time
3.72
signature single · CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024
555
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb3.724.69
top 9.1%1,392 / 18,907
3×311.0214.74
top 10.5%5,708 / 59,724
Square-112.4715.67
top 10.8%756 / 6,743
2×22.764.67
top 11.6%4,548 / 40,951
Clock8.009.97
top 15.2%1,164 / 8,927
Megaminx1:11.231:18.86
top 16.4%1,123 / 7,841
Pyraminx5.508.47
top 16.4%4,365 / 28,708
4×451.4657.89
top 26.5%4,077 / 19,072
5×51:49.402:02.69
top 42.1%3,425 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed32.0037.05
top 51.2%7,066 / 15,683
6×64:00.74—
early days — 2 solves2,540 / 4,196
7×76:57.46—
early days — 1 solve2,499 / 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

Kendeda Kubing A 2023: 15.40Simpson Scramble 2023: 14.91AlphaCubing A 2023: 15.87Westminster Squanners Spring 2023: 14.15Fountain City 2023: 13.75Cuber Jackets Fall 2023: 13.00Fountain City Holiday Special 2023: 11.87Choo Choo Cubing B 2024: 11.02Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024: 12.83Beat the Clock Westminster 2024: 12.00CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 12.11GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 12.63GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 13.33CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 14.30GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 12.87GA Cubers Pride 2026: 13.9211.0215.8718 Mar 202320 Jun 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.