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Tim Nance
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025NANC01
Tim Nance has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,690th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since October 2025, he has put 14 official solves on the record across one event.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.98 | 10.19 | top 4.8% | 2,690 / 59,724 |
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 story so far
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025. A 9.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 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.
- Sage Albright — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Andrew Sotto — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Rafael Sultanaliev — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.