People · United States
Nathaniel Werns
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025WERN02
Nathaniel Werns has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.58, set at Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,215th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.28 in April 2025 to 8.58, a 17% 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 | 8.58 | 10.71 | top 3.9% | 2,215 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 49.97 | 55.33 | top 24.7% | 3,775 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.55 | 4.96 | top 33.6% | 13,363 / 40,951 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026.
- 19 Apr 2025First competition: Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025. A 10.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 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.
- Albert Mao — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Benson Kim — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Benjamin Christie — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.