People · United States
Nolan Ethridge
2×2 · top 0.17% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ETHR01
Nolan Ethridge has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.75, set at NoVa Cube Winter 2024, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2022, he has put 135 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.67 in May 2022 to 8.54, a 61% improvement. Nolan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 0.75 | 3.06 | top 0.17% | 71 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.54 | 10.30 | top 3.8% | 2,150 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.02 | 9.22 | top 7.8% | 1,983 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 12.00 | 13.26 | top 9.9% | 696 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.16 | 25.41 | top 15.5% | 1,997 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.52 | 1:20.17 | top 18.3% | 1,246 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 8.88 | 11.27 | top 19.4% | 1,483 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 55.62 | 1:02.16 | top 31.5% | 4,976 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.99 | 7.64 | top 33.6% | 5,635 / 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
- 14 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Gaithersburg Back to School 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.01 at NoVa Cube Winter 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at NoVa Cube Winter 2024.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.53 at Silver Spring Summer 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.53 at Silver Spring Summer 2022.
- 14 May 2022First competition: River Hill Spring 2022. A 21.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022
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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anderson Hong — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.