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Nathaniel James Galvan
Clock · top 9.3% of 32,817 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024GALV05
Nathaniel James Galvan has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.57, set at Canadian Prairie Championship 2026, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Canada. Until June 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2024, he has put 235 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.29 in April 2024 to 12.79, a 30% improvement. Nathaniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.57 | 7.34 | top 9.3% | 66 / 1,057 | |
| 3×3 | 12.79 | 16.48 | top 16.8% | 1,596 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 4.30 | 5.36 | top 30.4% | 2,090 / 7,245 | |
| Skewb | 7.10 | 10.39 | top 34.5% | 859 / 2,928 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.39 | 1:09.14 | top 40.1% | 1,102 / 3,180 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.59 | 11.14 | top 41.4% | 1,930 / 4,913 | |
| Square-1 | 31.51 | 46.80 | top 52.3% | 473 / 973 | |
| Megaminx | 2:22.95 | 2:42.69 | top 58.1% | 684 / 1,393 | |
| 5×5 | 2:23.27 | 2:44.88 | top 62.7% | 863 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.29 | 59.62 | top 68.5% | 1,666 / 2,632 | |
| 6×6 | 5:22.77 | 5:50.48 | top 85.7% | 538 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 9:30.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 493 / 519 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2026.
- 17 Jul 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Canadian Prairie Championship 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Edmonton Winter 2026.
- 3 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.75 at Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 3 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 27 Apr 2024First competition: Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024. A 19.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2026 · 17 Jul 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Battle of Alberta 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025 · 3 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Dylan Vaskevicius — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Azaro Gorloo — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Benjamin Ragan — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.