People · United States
Nathaniel Swanson
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SWAN04
Nathaniel Swanson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,136th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2024, he has put 112 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 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.42 in March 2024 to 10.65, a 14% improvement. Nathaniel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.65 | 12.14 | top 9.4% | 5,136 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.39 | 9.13 | top 22.9% | 6,202 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 5.84 | top 25.6% | 10,051 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 54.82 | 1:41.96 | top 30.5% | 4,811 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 7.06 | 12.04 | top 34.1% | 5,754 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 24.43 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,621 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 1:27.63 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,432 / 6,743 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at New-Cumberland County 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Puzzles in Pottsville 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: New-Cumberland County 2024. A 12.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 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.
- Evan Liu — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brayden Adams — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Gesmundo — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.