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Nolan Matthew G. Morales

3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022MORA15

Nolan Matthew G. Morales has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.57, set at WCC Western Championship 2022, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,194th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2022, he has put 85 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.49 in August 2022 to 8.57, a 36% improvement. Nolan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.57
signature single · WCC Western Championship 2022
85
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5713.91
top 3.9%2,194 / 59,724
2×23.304.82
top 17.8%6,967 / 40,951
Skewb8.4913.24
top 44.9%7,918 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed31.6035.09
top 50.3%6,926 / 15,683
4×41:16.021:20.01
top 52.5%8,896 / 19,072
Pyraminx10.4513.54
top 56.5%16,525 / 28,708

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

Marshall Middle Slice 2022: 13.49WCC Western Championship 2022: 8.57Los Angeles Newcomers 2024: 11.20Valenzuela Cubing Open 2024: 13.318.5713.4927 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.