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Nolan Alger
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ALGE01
Nolan Alger has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,181st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, he has put 73 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.20 in March 2025 to 8.56, a 30% improvement. Nolan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.56 | 9.19 | top 3.9% | 2,181 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.45 | top 8.4% | 3,319 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.72 | 24.91 | top 19.8% | 2,542 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 46.84 | 52.51 | top 20.6% | 3,128 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.22 | 1:38.25 | top 23.9% | 1,655 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 11.45 | 14.52 | top 32.3% | 2,531 / 8,927 |
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
- 9 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026.
- 9 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026.
- 15 Mar 2025First competition: Racing in Rosemount 2025. A 13.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Race the Clock MN 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Racing in Rosemount 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Tyler Robinson — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Oliver Phillips — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kaius Young — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.