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Nolan Pelley

2×2 · top 87.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009PELL01

Nolan Pelley has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 13.27, set at Harvard Fall 2012, puts him in the top 87.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36,330th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since November 2009, he has put 93 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:38.78 in November 2009 to 1:10.53, a 29% improvement. Nolan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 87.5% of 186,767 all-time
13.27
signature single · Harvard Fall 2012
93
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×213.2724.95
top 87.5%36,330 / 40,951
3×31:10.531:32.60
top 95.0%57,577 / 59,724

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

MIT Fall 2009: 1:38.78MIT Spring 2010: 1:22.71MIT Fall 2010: 1:41.19MIT Spring 2011: 1:11.52Harvard Spring 2011: 1:26.30Harvard Fall 2011: 1:15.86MIT Fall 2011: 1:11.88MIT Spring 2012: 1:10.53Harvard Spring 2012: 1:17.44Harvard Fall 2012: 1:14.301:10.531:41.1914 Nov 20096 Oct 2012

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 14 Nov 2009First competition: MIT Fall 2009. A 1:38.78 3×3 single to start from.

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-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 10.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.