People · United States
Nathaniel Duan
3×3 · top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024DUAN08
Nathaniel Duan has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.05, set at Santa Barbara Winter 2025, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,289th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since October 2024, he has put 13 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.00 in October 2024 to 16.05, a 50% improvement. Nathaniel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.05 | 18.08 | top 27.9% | 15,289 / 59,724 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 16.79 at Santa Barbara Winter 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.79 at Santa Barbara Winter 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: UCSB Cubing 2024. A 32.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Santa Barbara Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSB Cubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
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.
- Sherry Tao (陶心仪) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Andersen Katsev — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Eliza Pasha — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.