People · United States
Nathaniel Gagnon
3×3 · top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023GAGN01
Nathaniel Gagnon has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at Cubing Knights V 2023, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,880th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2023, he has put 72 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.00 in January 2023 to 8.25, a 31% 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 | 8.25 | 9.53 | top 3.3% | 1,880 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.56 | 6.42 | top 5.7% | 1,497 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 5.92 | 8.01 | top 7.0% | 560 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 3.81 | top 12.6% | 5,036 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.52 | 25.78 | top 19.3% | 2,509 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.48 | 1:30.70 | top 58.8% | 10,314 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,998 / 6,846 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.87 at Cubing Knights V 2023.
- 16 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at Cubing Knights V 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Pegasus 2023. A 12.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Knights V 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Vishwa Sankar — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Katie Hull — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tommy Cherry — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.