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Curtis Nolan
3×3 · top 29.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019NOLA01
Curtis Nolan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.48, set at Dublin Summer Solving 2024, puts him in the top 29.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 422nd in Ireland. Across 8 competitions since April 2019, he has put 176 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.13 in April 2019 to 16.48, a 43% improvement. Curtis has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.48 | 19.28 | top 29.5% | 422 / 1,465 | |
| 2×2 | 5.02 | 5.92 | top 39.6% | 499 / 1,190 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.76 | 1:23.22 | top 51.4% | 264 / 586 | |
| Skewb | 10.22 | 18.21 | top 56.3% | 376 / 632 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.23 | 15.02 | top 62.2% | 631 / 924 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 368 / 454 | |
| Clock | 1:02.42 | — | early days — 3 solves | 338 / 342 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Dublin Winter Solving 2025.
- 17 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dublin Summer Solving 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023.
- 31 Aug 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.68 at Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019First competition: Cork Open 2019. A 29.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dublin Winter Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Sunday 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Don't DNF Dublin 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cork Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
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.
- Simon Kelly — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Mary Hennessy — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Timmons — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.