People · Canada
Nathan Weiss
3×3 · top 3.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016WEIS04
Nathan Weiss has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.35, set at Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 343rd in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2016, he has put 298 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.82 in May 2016 to 8.35, a 75% improvement. Nathan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.35 | 10.26 | top 3.5% | 343 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 35.13 | 37.99 | top 6.9% | 161 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.29 | 17.48 | top 11.0% | 244 / 2,632 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 4.02 | top 19.8% | 1,333 / 7,245 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.35 | 1:35.96 | top 22.8% | 276 / 1,546 | |
| Square-1 | 18.52 | 24.01 | top 24.6% | 214 / 973 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.72 | 9.51 | top 33.9% | 1,533 / 4,913 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.15 | 1:46.40 | top 34.8% | 370 / 1,393 | |
| Skewb | 7.53 | 9.89 | top 37.8% | 949 / 2,928 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:13.65 | — | top 37.9% | 135 / 362 | |
| Clock | 14.30 | 17.75 | top 45.1% | 412 / 1,057 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 158 / 284 |
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
- 1 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at April Fools Alberta 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023.
- 9 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.55 at 3x3 Only Calgary 2019.
- 9 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at 3x3 Only Calgary 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Foothills Fright 2018.
- 24 Aug 2018Five personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2018.
Competitions
- Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- April Fools Alberta 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Foothills Final Fight 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- 3x3 Only Calgary 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Foothills Fright 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Foothills Fall 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Calgary Open Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016
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.
- Ethan Basanov — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- James Deibert — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Noah Wilde — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.