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Elle Nolan

4×4 · top 2.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012NOLA01

Elle Nolan has been competing for 14 years. Her best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.30, set at WPI Spring 2026, puts her in the top 2.4% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 396th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since April 2012, she has put 552 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 30.96 in April 2012 to 10.11, a 67% improvement. Elle has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.4% of 83,917 all-time
29.30
signature single · WPI Spring 2026
552
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×429.3034.49
top 2.4%396 / 19,072
3×310.1111.67
top 7.8%4,286 / 59,724
5×51:04.901:12.93
top 8.3%649 / 9,401
6×62:10.082:29.55
top 15.4%551 / 4,196
2×23.216.12
top 16.7%6,555 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed21.9027.66
top 25.7%3,319 / 15,683
7×74:02.834:15.97
early days — 3 solves887 / 3,184
Megaminx2:16.792:56.36
top 54.7%4,102 / 7,841

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

Harvard Spring 2012: 30.96Brown Cubing Day 2012: 21.61Harvard Fall 2012: 25.61Lexington Fall 2013: 19.13MIT Spring 2015: 18.53Melrose Spring 2015: 15.77Lexington Fall 2015: 13.14Northeastern Fall 2015: 14.51MIT Fall 2015: 12.98Sharon Winter 2016: 12.89Northeastern Spring 2016: 12.12Lexington Summer 2016: 12.27US Nationals 2016: 12.75Weston Fall 2017: 14.82BA Fall Cube Fest 2018: 12.31CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 13.47Quabbin Summer 2019: 13.72Lexington Weeknights VI 2025: 11.70Saint Mike's Cube Fest VT 2025: 11.64Ipswich Fall 2025: 10.17Ogunquit Winter 2025: 10.70Cube Against Cancer Boston 2026: 11.03WPI Spring 2026: 11.68UnOrono-thodox Blocks 2026: 10.11Hampton Beach Summer 2026: 10.5410.1130.967 Apr 20121 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 her.

  • Alex Cohen — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
  • Derek White — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.30 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as she improves.