People · Canada
Nathan Terpstra
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019TERP03
Nathan Terpstra has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.50, set at Halifax Fall 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2019, he has put 395 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.05 in February 2020 to 7.50, a 61% improvement. Nathan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.50 | 9.03 | top 2.0% | 203 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 3.75 | top 7.5% | 489 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.00 | 7.38 | top 7.6% | 270 / 4,858 | |
| Clock | 7.55 | 10.04 | top 13.1% | 100 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.31 | 22.17 | top 13.4% | 284 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 42.79 | 48.28 | top 15.5% | 394 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 5.16 | 7.22 | top 19.4% | 443 / 2,907 | |
| Square-1 | 18.59 | 31.90 | top 24.8% | 208 / 952 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.28 | 1:44.77 | top 30.9% | 373 / 1,499 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Brantford Fall 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Maritimes 2025.
- 20 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Halifax Favourites 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites A 2023.
- 29 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 9.67 at 3x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022.
- 29 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at 3x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022.
Competitions
- Moncton 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Halifax Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Brantford Fall 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Moncton 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Maritimes 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Halifax Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Moncton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Halifax Fall 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Halifax Favourites 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- 3x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Leap to Barrie 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- No 3x3x3 Cambridge 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
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.
- Evan Meunier — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 18 times · head to head
- Jérôme LaRochelle — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Gavin Case — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 34 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.