People · United States
Nolan Varela
3×3 · top 8.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025VARE01
Nolan Varela has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.25, set at GAN Southern Championship 2026, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,598th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2025, he has put 407 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.25 in April 2025 to 10.25, a 49% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.25 | 12.45 | top 8.2% | 4,598 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.70 | 5.42 | top 11.4% | 3,023 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.31 | 7.73 | top 20.6% | 3,328 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 4.63 | top 21.2% | 8,438 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 49.59 | 57.08 | top 24.3% | 3,753 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.22 | 25.10 | top 26.7% | 3,489 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.89 | 1:46.12 | top 32.1% | 2,317 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 11.65 | 12.59 | top 33.3% | 2,693 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.31 | 1:47.68 | top 38.7% | 3,145 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 3:33.75 | 3:40.78 | early days — 3 solves | 2,157 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:48.36 | — | top 65.4% | 1,378 / 2,128 | |
| Square-1 | 41.04 | 49.12 | top 66.7% | 4,441 / 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
- 11 Jun 2026Nine personal bests in one day at GAN Southern Championship 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at The Heart of Texas Spring 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube On in Richardson 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.98 at DFW Cubing Fall 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2025.
Competitions
- Roanoke Gone Rogue 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- The Heart of Texas Spring 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Tyler Twists & Turns 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube On in Richardson 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Qualifier 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 86 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tristan Patrick — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Jaxon Sensabaugh — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.