People · United States
Nolan Braier
2×2 · top 12.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014BRAI01
Nolan Braier has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.86, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,075th in the United States. Across 16 competitions since July 2014, he has put 381 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.84 in July 2014 to 12.61, a 51% improvement. Nolan has entered 16 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 4.41 | top 12.7% | 5,075 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 12.61 | 13.81 | top 16.1% | 8,752 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.30 | 10.56 | top 22.3% | 6,083 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 55.54 | 1:01.02 | top 31.5% | 5,031 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.81 | 1:46.82 | top 35.3% | 2,841 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | top 41.0% | 893 / 2,059 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.43 | 32.12 | top 43.0% | 5,879 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 9.38 | 11.19 | top 51.1% | 9,292 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,295 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 5:47.47 | 6:03.56 | top 64.6% | 1,980 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 4:20.52 | 4:27.90 | early days — 3 solves | 2,887 / 4,262 | |
| Clock | 30.11 | 33.35 | top 84.4% | 7,710 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 1:11.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,139 / 6,846 |
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
- 21 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at Lions Cubing 2018.
- 7 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 30 Apr 2016Four personal bests in one day at Clock N' Other Stuff 2016.
- 6 Feb 2016Four personal bests in one day at Dixon Winter 2016.
- 5 Sep 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015.
- 5 Sep 2015Three personal bests in one day at Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015.
Competitions
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- FMC Spanish Championship 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Elk Cubing 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Lions Cubing 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Classic City Shenanigans 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Clock N' Other Stuff 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Blind and Whatnot 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
- Dixon Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015 · 5 Sep 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubic Catastrophe 2015 · 22 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Dixon Summer 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Clock N' Stuff 2015 · 23 May 2015
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Dixon Summer 2014 · 19 Jul 2014
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.
- Joshua Feran — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Brian Johnson — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Walker Welch — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.