People · United States
Nathan Starling
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018STAR06
Nathan Starling has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.15, set at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,918th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2018, he has put 281 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.28 in November 2018 to 9.15, a 77% improvement. Nathan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.15 | 10.60 | top 5.2% | 2,918 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.56 | 8.20 | top 8.1% | 1,246 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.88 | 4.67 | top 12.9% | 5,060 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 54.16 | 1:00.50 | top 29.7% | 4,661 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.64 | 32.86 | top 45.8% | 6,221 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.95 | 2:04.99 | top 49.8% | 4,179 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.87 | 12.85 | top 52.0% | 15,134 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.24 | 3:06.12 | top 57.0% | 4,289 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 6:48.76 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,442 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 5:22.10 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,483 / 4,196 |
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
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at Crystal City Fall 2022.
- 3 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Crystal City Fall 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-30 3×3: 17.34 at Pretzel Mania 2022.
Competitions
- Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Crystal City Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
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.
- Pierce Tickle — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Eric Hsu (徐玉云) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Panashe Sharma — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.