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Nathaniel Bryson

2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022BRYS02

Nathaniel Bryson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at New-Cumberland County 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,253rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2022, he has put 666 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.91 in June 2022 to 8.44, a 39% improvement. Nathaniel has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.73
signature single · New-Cumberland County 2024
666
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.733.51
top 3.2%1,253 / 40,951
3×38.4410.77
top 3.6%2,047 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.816.27
top 6.8%1,725 / 28,708
Skewb3.375.48
top 7.0%1,080 / 18,907
4×440.6749.52
top 12.9%1,907 / 19,072
5×51:26.841:36.51
top 24.8%1,929 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed21.8423.89
top 25.6%3,303 / 15,683
Clock10.2410.97
top 26.3%2,029 / 8,927
Megaminx1:40.292:13.16
top 34.8%2,477 / 7,841
Square-124.0928.60
top 37.0%2,404 / 6,743
7×74:54.015:24.28
top 48.9%1,419 / 3,184
6×63:26.323:43.04
top 53.3%2,012 / 4,196

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

Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 13.91Pretzel Mania 2022: 11.62Pretzel Mania 2023: 10.91Wilmington Warmup 2023: 11.66CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.00Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 10.59New-Cumberland County 2024: 11.01Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 9.95Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 9.62Cumberland County Fall 2024: 9.67Puzzles in Pottsville 2025: 10.07PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025: 9.74East Berlin Eccentric Blocks PA 2025: 8.44CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 9.388.4413.9117 Jun 202230 Aug 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.