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Nathaneil Gaede

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023GAED01

Nathaneil Gaede has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,432nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2023, he has put 468 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.99 in July 2023 to 8.78, a 54% improvement. Nathaneil has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.78
signature single · West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026
468
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.789.63
top 4.4%2,432 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.575.27
top 5.8%1,490 / 28,708
2×22.353.19
top 7.5%2,957 / 40,951
Megaminx1:03.441:11.45
top 11.8%792 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed16.9520.20
top 12.4%1,615 / 15,683
4×443.0149.60
top 15.8%2,388 / 19,072
5×51:41.911:50.78
top 36.8%2,933 / 9,401
Clock12.5013.35
top 37.4%2,969 / 8,927
Square-128.0343.84
top 45.7%2,969 / 6,743
Skewb12.0913.81
top 66.4%12,400 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded4:08.83—
early days — 2 solves1,459 / 2,092
7×76:30.88—
early days — 3 solves2,323 / 3,184

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

Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 18.99Agoura SpookCubing 2023: 18.68University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 13.07Fullerton Winter 2024: 12.16Nub Open Yucaipa 2024: 11.33Temecula Valley Spring 2024: 12.86La La Land 2024: 12.28Aliso Niguel Summer 2024: 10.47Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 10.33Agoura Side Events Day 2025: 10.83Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.64Simi Mini A 2026: 8.88Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026: 9.49West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 8.78Agoura Summer 2026: 9.60Temecula Valley Back To School 2026: 8.828.7818.998 Jul 202322 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.