People · United Kingdom
Jack Nolan
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022NOLA01
Jack Nolan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Stevenage September 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 226th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2022, he has put 830 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.81 in July 2022 to 8.03, a 42% improvement. Jack has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.03 | 9.52 | top 2.8% | 226 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 34.17 | 36.98 | top 6.0% | 142 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.06 | 16.39 | top 6.2% | 126 / 1,851 | |
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 3.62 | top 7.0% | 489 / 4,895 | |
| Square-1 | 11.51 | 16.64 | top 8.9% | 91 / 778 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.18 | 1:14.14 | top 12.4% | 172 / 1,151 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.43 | 7.01 | top 16.0% | 620 / 3,656 | |
| Clock | 10.50 | 13.94 | top 27.5% | 366 / 1,232 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.48 | 1:39.84 | top 28.5% | 330 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 7.51 | 10.74 | top 37.5% | 893 / 2,421 | |
| 6×6 | 3:16.12 | 3:36.16 | top 48.5% | 290 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 6:41.06 | — | early days — 1 solve | 375 / 459 |
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
- 6 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2025.
- 24 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wakefield Spring 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Guildford Winter 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at Stevenage January 2023.
Competitions
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Wakefield Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Winter 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- East London Autumn 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn A 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 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.
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 140 rounds, finished ahead 77 times
- Adam Swaine — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.