People · United States
Nolan Brinks
2×2 · top 50.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025BRIN06
Nolan Brinks has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.96, set at St. Ansgar 2026, puts him in the top 50.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,511th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2025, he has put 42 official solves on the record across seven events. Nolan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.96 | 8.29 | top 50.5% | 20,511 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 25.59 | 30.40 | top 53.9% | 31,632 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 19.07 | 22.15 | top 61.9% | 5,228 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.60 | 16.73 | top 64.7% | 19,096 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 17.26 | 23.21 | top 84.6% | 16,268 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 12,719 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 2:14.94 | — | top 87.6% | 16,599 / 19,072 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at St. Ansgar 2026.
- 27 Dec 2025First competition: Race the Clock MN 2025. A 26.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- St. Ansgar 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Race the Clock MN 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
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.
- Andrew Tyberg — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaius Young — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carl Overbye — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.