People · South Africa
Malachi Nolan
2×2 · top 30.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022NOLA06
Malachi Nolan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.31, set at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 30.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 320th in South Africa. Across 9 competitions since October 2022, he has put 167 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.74 in April 2023 to 21.00, a 51% improvement. Malachi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.31 | 6.43 | top 30.5% | 320 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 | 21.00 | 26.11 | top 42.8% | 615 / 2,187 | |
| Clock | 18.70 | 21.03 | top 60.9% | 95 / 153 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.28 | 14.21 | top 62.5% | 522 / 958 | |
| Skewb | 14.50 | 21.82 | top 76.6% | 309 / 444 | |
| 4×4 | 1:56.23 | 2:14.33 | top 80.0% | 332 / 495 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:02.10 | 1:05.92 | top 85.1% | 327 / 473 | |
| Megaminx | 3:49.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 202 / 268 |
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
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.29 at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
- 7 Oct 2022First competition: Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022.
Competitions
- GAN WCA African Championship 2026 · 24 Sep 2026
- Kirstenhof Early Spring 2026 · 6 Sep 2026
- Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cape Cubes Challenge 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022
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.
- Daniel Rush — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jesse Osburn — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel David Mizen — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.