People · United States
Nolan Takayama
3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017TAKA14
Nolan Takayama has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.77, set at Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,310th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2017, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.51 in July 2017 to 10.77, a 31% improvement. Nolan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.77 | 12.32 | top 9.8% | 5,310 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 51.10 | 56.69 | top 26.0% | 4,015 / 19,072 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.77 at Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025.
- 15 Jul 2017First competition: San Ramon 2017. A 15.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
- San Ramon 2017 · 15 Jul 2017
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.
- Giovanni D'Ambrosio — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Luke Zhang — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Malikai Bass — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.