People · United Kingdom
Nathan Steele
2×2 · top 34.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017STEE06
Nathan Steele has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.62, set at Trujillo Open 2026, puts him in the top 34.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,826th in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since August 2017, he has put 61 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.33 in August 2017 to 18.73, a 38% improvement. Nathan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.62 | 6.75 | top 34.5% | 1,826 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 18.73 | 20.57 | top 36.3% | 2,456 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 14.24 | 18.03 | top 75.7% | 1,847 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.39 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,748 / 2,071 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 18.73 at Hanoi Summer 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.73 at Hanoi Summer 2025.
- 26 Aug 2017First competition: August Bank Holiday Competition 2017. A 30.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Trujillo Open 2026 · 2 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- San Cristóbal 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Tokyo Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ota Autumn 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Hanoi Summer 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2017 · 26 Aug 2017
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.
- Ryohei Yoshioka (吉岡亮平) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hughie Do — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Takashi Takaoka (高岡孝) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.