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Nolan Back

2×2 · top 38.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024BACK03

Nolan Back has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.92, set at Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025, puts him in the top 38.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,344th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2024, he has put 23 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.94 in March 2024 to 31.20, a 35% improvement. Nolan has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 38.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.92
signature single · Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.92
early days — 3 solves15,344 / 40,951
3×331.2034.31
top 64.6%38,701 / 59,724
Pyraminx13.5016.61
top 75.5%22,355 / 28,708

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

Little Giant Open 2024: 47.94Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 31.2031.2047.949 Mar 202422 Feb 2025

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.