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Nathan Smith

Skewb · top 0.63% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018SMIT40

Nathan Smith has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 102nd in the United States. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 103 competitions since October 2018, he has put 3,410 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.19 in October 2018 to 10.81, a 74% improvement. Nathan has entered 103 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.63% of 73,281 all-time
1.64
signature single · CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024
3,410
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb1.643.46
top 0.63%102 / 18,907
Clock4.225.59
top 2.7%233 / 8,927
Pyraminx2.754.58
top 2.8%764 / 28,708
2×22.063.58
top 5.2%2,056 / 40,951
3×310.8113.40
top 9.9%5,382 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed17.8925.03
top 14.8%1,917 / 15,683
Square-118.5328.43
top 24.6%1,628 / 6,743
4×454.071:04.62
top 29.6%4,638 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves44.00
top 40.9%879 / 2,040
5×51:52.212:17.96
top 44.2%3,625 / 9,401
Megaminx1:59.812:20.59
top 45.5%3,349 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded2:56.40—
top 51.4%1,093 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 13:59—
early days — 1 solve515 / 731
6×64:39.715:35.18
top 77.2%3,070 / 4,196
7×77:56.9311:06.00
top 88.1%2,832 / 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

Tar Heel Tango 2018: 41.19Lowcountry Cubing 2018: 34.51CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018: 36.84Wolfpack Winter 2019: 30.90CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 30.50Cape Fear Cubing 2019: 21.66Greensboro Summer 2019: 24.50CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 20.41Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019: 26.11Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019: 24.35No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 21.43Charlotte Winter 2020: 17.87GA Cubers Return A 2021: 19.21Stowhio Open 2021: 17.92Cape Fear 2022: 17.94Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 19.53Sharon Forks Showdown 2022: 17.00T-Town Showdown 2022: 20.41Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022: 16.74Niner Nation Open 2023: 17.78Wolfpack Winter 2023: 15.06Kendeda Kubing A 2023: 19.02Simpson Scramble 2023: 15.18Concord Summer 2023: 13.54Hobcaw Cubing 2023: 18.32CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 15.67Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023: 16.00Staunton Speedsolving 2023: 15.66Clarks Hill Cubing 2023: 15.62Cuber Jackets Fall 2023: 15.01North Carolina Championship 2023: 16.12Algorithms on Abercorn 2023: 15.48Rocky Top 2023: 14.79Choo Choo Cubing B 2024: 14.92Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024: 14.71Volunteer State Cubing 2024: 14.60Beat the Clock Westminster 2024: 12.90Fountain City Spring Fling 2024: 13.33Clayton State Cubing 2024: 14.68Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024: 14.13Miami Spring 2024: 14.83Alabama Championship 2024: 14.42Missouri Summer Kickoff 2024: 15.05See Georgia: Lake Russell A 2024: 15.55Concord Summer 2024: 13.21CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 13.50Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 15.03La La Land 2024: 11.66Bull City Summer NC 2024: 12.04CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 11.89Arkansolve Fall 2024: 14.42Gallop in Kentucky Winter 2024: 13.70Solving in Savannah 2025: 14.04DFW Cubing Winter 2025: 13.83Charlotte Winter 2025: 11.79See Georgia: Cloudland Canyon A 2025: 12.58GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 13.31Virginia Always Open Spring 2025: 12.54Cubing in School Westminster 2025: 13.46North Carolina Championship 2025: 10.81Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025: 13.17Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 14.08CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 14.01Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025: 14.27East Cobb Summer 2025: 11.90Concord Summer 2025: 13.33Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025: 13.13GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025: 11.72Rocky Mountain Championship 2025: 13.59Thrice as Nice Miami 2025: 13.24Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026: 13.29Georgia Championship 2026: 11.14Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026: 11.97NxN Nonsense NC 2026: 13.36New Martinsville Newcomers 2026: 11.62NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026: 13.09Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026: 12.81The Last Frontier Spring 2026: 13.40Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026: 11.44GA Cubers Pride 2026: 11.10Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026: 11.26Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 14.36Missouri Championship 2026: 12.89Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 13.3210.8141.1913 Oct 201814 Aug 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.