People · United States
Nathaniel Dorcas
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022DORC02
Nathaniel Dorcas has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.11, set at San Diego Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,286th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2022, he has put 391 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.36 in August 2022 to 10.11, a 60% improvement. Nathaniel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 10.11 | 12.08 | top 7.8% | 4,286 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 3.80 | top 10.2% | 4,015 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.65 | 5.47 | top 11.1% | 2,892 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 7.09 | 7.32 | top 11.3% | 864 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.04 | 22.77 | top 15.2% | 1,963 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 5.01 | 6.76 | top 18.2% | 2,892 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 58.82 | 1:11.49 | top 35.2% | 5,670 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.29 | — | top 67.3% | 5,883 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:42.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,927 / 7,841 |
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
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Poway Cubing Winter 2024.
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at UCSD For Hemophilia 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Marshall Cubing Spring 2023.
- 29 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.54 at Cozy Cubing Poway 2023.
- 29 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cozy Cubing Poway 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.26 at Marshall Cubing September 2022.
Competitions
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Poway Summer Cubing 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Marshall Cubing Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Oak Valley Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cozy Cubing Poway 2023 · 29 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Circle City Supercharged 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marshall Cubing September 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 2022
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.
- Alexander Watson — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- August Barnard — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Nicholas Dorcas — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 51 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.