User:GenTheThief

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Nathaniel Gee
Background Information
Alias(es): GenTheThief
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Country: USA
Born: 2001 (age 24)
Occupation(s): Student
Years Active: 2015-present
WCA ID: 2016GEEN01
Claim to Fame: ZZ-Spike, 3x3 with Feet, 3x3 OH


Nathaniel Gee is an American speedcuber and method developer. She is most known for being the fastest 3x3x3 With Feet ZZ solver, 3x3 OH, developing the ZZ-Spike method for Megaminx, and learning full ZBLL.


Notable Accomplishments

Official

In January 2017, she achieved her first top 100 ranking with a 46.30 3x3 Feet single, which ranked her 71st in the world and 5th in the United States. In February 2019, she briefly re-entered the top 100 with a 44.66 Feet average. In December 2019, days before the event was removed, Nathaniel achieved official results in 3x3 With Feet of a 31.59 single and a 39.09 average, which resulted in a respective world ranking of 85 and 88. As the year closed, she was pushed back to 90 and 92, but remained grandfathered in the top 100. At NAC 2024, she placed 9th in the semi-finals with an 11.68 average which qualified her for the finals. This was the first time that a ZZer had qualified for finals since Andrew Nathanson in 2017. She placed 18th in the final round with a 13.94 average.


Unofficial

Nathaniel broke and has held both Illinois State records for single and average in 3x3 With Feet since August 2016. Due to the events being removed, she will forever hold the Illinois Feet State records. In 2022, she broke the Illinois OH state records with a 12.26 average in the first round and a 10.35 single in finals at Milwaukee First 2022. A 12.26 OH average also ranks her as the second fastest OH ZZer behind only Simon Kalhofer who has an 11.17 OH average. On February 23, 2023, she set the One Hand Unofficial World Record solve for ZZ with an 8.44 single.

She also holds the Unofficial World Records for solving a Megaminx (March 2019) and a Kilominx (May 2020) With Feet, taking the respective records from Louis Cormier and Daniel Rose-Levine.

See also

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