People · United States
Nathan Smith
3×3 · top 13.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020SMIT02
Nathan Smith has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.77, set at Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,138th in the United States. Across 15 competitions since January 2020, he has put 439 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.06 in January 2020 to 11.77, a 65% improvement. Nathan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.77 | 14.65 | top 13.2% | 7,138 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 15.03 | 18.67 | top 16.6% | 1,133 / 6,846 | |
| 2×2 | 3.36 | 4.33 | top 18.6% | 7,371 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.16 | 8.38 | top 19.5% | 3,126 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 56.79 | 1:05.95 | top 33.0% | 5,320 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.64 | 10.36 | top 33.2% | 9,488 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.73 | 1:53.14 | top 36.0% | 2,894 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 12.48 | 14.62 | top 37.3% | 3,039 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 44.33 | top 41.0% | 893 / 2,059 | |
| 7×7 | 4:46.37 | 5:19.29 | top 46.7% | 1,376 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 3:22.73 | 3:31.24 | top 51.8% | 1,966 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.51 | 38.08 | top 56.5% | 7,956 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.90 | — | top 69.4% | 5,478 / 8,026 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Corning Summer 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Fredonia Finals 2025.
- 31 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Saratoga Springs Big Cubes 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024.
- 3 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cicero 2023.
- 12 Mar 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.35 at Deerfield Winter 2022.
Competitions
- Corning Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026 · 12 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Fredonia Finals 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Blizzard Blitz NY 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A Buffalo Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Saratoga Springs Big Cubes 2024 · 31 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cicero 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Troy Story 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube 2022 · 4 Jun 2022
- Deerfield Winter 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Summer B 2021 · 1 Aug 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Canandaigua Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020
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.
- Louis Truong — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Evan Waters — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Evan Liu — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,234 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.