People · United States
Nolan Tusing
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018TUSI01
Nolan Tusing has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Zephyr Cube Bash 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,061st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2018, he has put 442 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.22 in March 2018 to 8.42, a 56% improvement. Nolan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.42 | 9.99 | top 3.6% | 2,061 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.66 | top 12.9% | 5,115 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.67 | 22.79 | top 14.3% | 1,883 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 46.06 | 50.63 | top 19.7% | 3,027 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.12 | 1:39.71 | top 30.0% | 2,395 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 8.12 | 11.34 | top 42.3% | 7,477 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 14.51 | 20.68 | top 45.9% | 3,797 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.52 | 13.22 | top 49.2% | 14,503 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,732 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.24 | 3:46.40 | top 51.2% | 1,948 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 5:20.52 | 5:40.23 | top 57.1% | 1,724 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:52.66 | — | top 66.4% | 1,401 / 2,128 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Florida Championship 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at FSUbers 10.0 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Zephyr Cube Bash 2025.
- 7 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at FSUbers 7.0 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024.
Competitions
- Florida Championship 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Solving in Savannah 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 10.0 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 8.0 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Augustine 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Brilliant Big & Blind Blast Orlando 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights V 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Florida Fall 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 7 personal bests set
- Jacksonville 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Charleston Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
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.
- Sean Hartman — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Porter — met in 89 rounds, never finished ahead
- Noah Swor — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.