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Nathaniel Gillen
3×3 · top 26.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025GILL05
Nathaniel Gillen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.70, set at Hancock County Spring 2026, puts him in the top 26.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,658th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2025, he has put 73 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.62 in June 2025 to 15.70, a 16% improvement. Nathaniel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 15.70 | 18.49 | top 26.8% | 14,658 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 8.60 | top 28.2% | 7,768 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.41 | 14.47 | top 51.2% | 9,180 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 6.64 | 7.68 | top 57.3% | 23,462 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,746 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.71 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,939 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 34.76 | 46.07 | top 89.5% | 7,992 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 3:59.92 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,251 / 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
- 7 Jun 2025First competition: Minxville Indiana 2025. A 18.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Woods OH 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hancock County Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Minxville Indiana 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
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.
- Lafe Hain — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lucy Grace Bryson — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Srivats Krishna — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.