People · United States
Nathan X. Li
3×3 · top 7.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018LINA01
Nathan X. Li has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.03, set at River Hill Spring 2022, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,233rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2018, he has put 334 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.51 in November 2018 to 10.03, a 20% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.03 | 11.64 | top 7.6% | 4,233 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.83 | 6.37 | top 9.8% | 1,526 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 41.12 | 48.89 | top 13.5% | 2,039 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 3.88 | top 17.7% | 7,044 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.18 | 8.44 | top 21.4% | 5,832 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 17.23 | 24.92 | top 21.5% | 1,444 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.36 | 28.12 | top 29.8% | 3,909 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 11.30 | 11.99 | top 31.5% | 2,522 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.56 | 1:56.18 | top 41.0% | 3,364 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.93 | — | top 42.2% | 3,137 / 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
- 9 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at TJHSST Fall 2019.
- 1 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 3 Nov 2018First competition: TJHSST Fall 2018. A 12.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2019 · 2 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019 · 7 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Neck Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 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.
- Zayn Khanani — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aubrey Trace — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.