People · United States
Nolan Chanda
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017CHAN29
Nolan Chanda has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.63, set at Connect Community 2018, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,106th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2017, he has put 115 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.24 in August 2017 to 10.63, a 38% improvement. Nolan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.63 | 12.51 | top 9.4% | 5,106 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.18 | 5.47 | top 16.4% | 6,428 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 49.52 | 51.24 | top 24.1% | 3,680 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.57 | 11.52 | top 32.6% | 9,161 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 2:48.37 | 3:04.30 | top 35.3% | 1,266 / 4,196 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.83 | 2:00.01 | top 39.8% | 3,209 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 29.27 | 43.00 | top 48.1% | 3,128 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 9.44 | 11.96 | top 51.4% | 9,224 / 18,907 |
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
- 6 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 11.18 at Weston Fall 2017.
- 11 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Weston Fall 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017First competition: Sharon Summer 2017. A 17.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling in Providence 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lex-side-ton 2023 · 2 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Sharon Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
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.
- Alex Cohen — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Rohan Volety — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Derek White — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.