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Nolan Burnham

2×2 · top 31.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022BURN04

Nolan Burnham has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.37, set at Gouverneur 2024, puts him in the top 31.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,445th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since July 2022, he has put 46 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.46 in July 2022 to 17.41, a 43% improvement. Nolan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 31.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.37
signature single · Gouverneur 2024
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.377.48
top 31.3%12,445 / 40,951
3×317.4120.41
top 32.3%17,888 / 59,724
Skewb9.0611.44
top 48.8%8,725 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed50.25
early days — 2 solves11,243 / 15,683

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

Flower City Cube Fest 2022: 30.46CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 19.16Ottawa Spring 2024: 18.81ROC the Cube 2024: 17.41Gouverneur 2024: 19.9517.4130.4630 Jul 202213 Jul 2024

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ethan Qiu — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Evan Waters — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.