People · United States
Nessa Grol-Norris
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022GROL01
Nessa Grol-Norris has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.40, set at Pickering D 2023, puts her in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,243rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, she has put 91 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.11 in October 2022 to 9.40, a 33% improvement. Nessa has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.40 | 12.98 | top 5.8% | 3,243 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 43.68 | 50.82 | top 16.6% | 2,520 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.82 | 23.59 | top 17.3% | 2,239 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 5.17 | top 24.7% | 9,681 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.21 | — | top 46.9% | 3,894 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 30.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,270 / 6,743 |
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
- 26 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Pickering D 2023.
- 26 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickering D 2023.
- 30 Oct 2022First competition: Ajax First-Timers 2022. A 14.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Scarborough Fall B 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Appleby Summer B 2023 · 13 Aug 2023
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Appleby Winter B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax First-Timers 2022 · 30 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 her.
- Nolan Jeanneret — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Tin Huang — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Romberg — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.68 away.
Targets move as she improves.