People · Australia
Nathanial Taylor
2×2 · top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023TAYL02
Nathanial Taylor has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at Marino Madness 2025, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 442nd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2023, he has put 454 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.34 in January 2023 to 11.67, a 65% improvement. Nathanial has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.87 | top 6.1% | 442 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 3.71 | 6.18 | top 9.0% | 239 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.66 | 6.60 | top 11.2% | 518 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 11.67 | 12.78 | top 12.7% | 1,127 / 11,709 | |
| Clock | 8.98 | 12.64 | top 19.9% | 226 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.06 | 29.99 | top 26.2% | 582 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 53.51 | 1:03.06 | top 29.0% | 758 / 3,051 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.52 | 1:44.09 | top 31.7% | 389 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.98 | — | top 59.3% | 823 / 1,356 | |
| Square-1 | 55.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 754 / 899 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2026.
- 30 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Marino Madness 2025.
- 17 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kubing in Klemzig 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at All Welcome Adelaide 2025.
- 10 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2025.
- 24 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024.
Competitions
- Adelaide Summer 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Marino Madness 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kubing in Klemzig 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- SA Side State Championship 2025 · 18 May 2025
- All Welcome Adelaide 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2025 · 10 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Unley Spring 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow Down Adelaide 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- SA Sprint Showdown 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- All Welcome Adelaide 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Summer 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Playford Cubing 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- South Australian Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Winter Sunday 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Adelaide Autumn 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- On the Side South Australia 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
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.
- Aston Culf — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Dallas McNeil — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Nguyen Canh Tien Vinh — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.