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Nolan Rivers
2×2 · top 5.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022RIVE09
Nolan Rivers has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Cubetcha 2023, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,383rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2022, he has put 37 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.99 in August 2022 to 14.18, a 21% improvement. Nolan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 3.38 | top 5.9% | 2,383 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 14.18 | 15.86 | top 21.7% | 11,896 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.55 | 9.96 | top 41.0% | 11,927 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.91 | 1:14.02 | top 47.8% | 8,082 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,012 / 6,846 |
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
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at Cubetcha 2023.
- 20 Aug 2022First competition: Side Events Minnesota 2022. A 17.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubetcha 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events Minnesota 2022 · 20 Aug 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.
- Lisa Kucala — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Andy Peterson — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shain Papalotl Longbehn — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.