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Nolan Mahaffey

3×3 · top 30.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024MAHA01

Nolan Mahaffey has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.96, set at Mason Cube Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 30.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,007th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2024, he has put 43 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.78 in February 2024 to 16.96, an 18% improvement. Nolan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.96
signature single · Mason Cube Challenge 2024
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.9619.84
top 30.9%17,007 / 59,724
Pyraminx11.0413.36
top 60.8%17,874 / 28,708
2×27.077.86
top 61.0%25,038 / 40,951

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

Gem City First in Flight 2024: 20.78Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 16.96Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 17.8916.9620.783 Feb 202427 Apr 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.