People · Canada
Nolan Ta
4×4 · top 10.1% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019TANO01
Nolan Ta has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 38.28, set at 4x4x4 & Sides at UBC 2026, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 234th in Canada. Across 12 competitions since August 2019, he has put 204 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.01 in August 2019 to 12.58, a 26% improvement. Nolan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 38.28 | 46.25 | top 10.1% | 234 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 | 12.58 | 14.02 | top 15.9% | 1,507 / 10,392 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.39 | 1:28.49 | top 22.7% | 267 / 1,499 | |
| 7×7 | 4:15.52 | 4:24.83 | top 36.3% | 146 / 503 | |
| 6×6 | 2:58.96 | 3:01.89 | top 40.6% | 209 / 665 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.62 | 15.21 | top 64.8% | 3,192 / 4,858 |
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
- 22 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025.
- 17 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Burnaby Summer 2025.
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Coquitlam Crunch 2025.
- 23 Aug 2019First competition: Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019. A 17.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 4x4x4 & Sides at UBC 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Surrey Side Events 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Victoria Winter 2026 · 4 Jan 2026
- What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Surrey Monday Open 2025 · 2 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Coquitlam Crunch 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Davies — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.28 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.