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Nolan Wood

3×3 · top 0.079% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016WOOD01

Nolan Wood has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.77, set at Hampton Beach Summer 2026, puts him in the top 0.079% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in the United States. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 80 competitions since January 2016, he has put 3,436 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.56 in April 2016 to 4.77, an 88% improvement. Nolan has entered 80 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.079% of 284,439 all-time
4.77
signature single · Hampton Beach Summer 2026
3,436
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.776.25
top 0.079%51 / 59,724
Pyraminx1.272.53
top 0.2%65 / 28,708
2×20.841.43
top 0.28%120 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed8.4910.13
top 0.31%49 / 15,683
4×426.3531.53
top 1.1%194 / 19,072
Megaminx45.1951.07
top 3.2%230 / 7,841
Skewb2.664.76
top 3.5%540 / 18,907
Square-18.4811.80
top 3.7%274 / 6,743
5×556.451:02.69
top 3.9%327 / 9,401
Clock5.746.61
top 6.4%497 / 8,927
6×61:49.212:06.35
top 6.9%236 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves34.00
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
7×73:18.063:22.46
top 15.7%436 / 3,184

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

Dayton Spring 2016: 39.56Indiana 2016: 21.95Mason Cubing Challenge 2016: 15.29Shaker Fall 2016: 13.13Dayton Winter 2017: 9.90Bluegrass Spring 2017: 10.42Shaker Spring 2017: 9.60Queen City 2017: 9.22CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 9.67Glass City Open 2017: 8.94Husky Showdown 2018: 6.91Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 7.16Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 8.83Cubing For LLS Fall 2018: 8.00Flag City Fall 2018: 7.19Indianapolis Fall 2018: 6.93Florence Winter 2019: 6.93Derby City Open 2019: 7.53Arnold Classic North America 2019: 7.26Cubing For Kyle 2019: 7.54Flag City Spring 2019: 7.27Wildcat Spring 2019: 7.06Bulldog Qualifier 2019: 6.38CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.79Cuyahoga Cubing 2019: 6.77Flag City Fall 2019: 6.89No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 7.03Bulldog Winter 2.0 2022: 6.75Country Roads Huntington 2022: 5.91Cubing in the Ville 2022: 6.58FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 6.35Ohio State Spring Gray 2023: 6.63The Blantucky Derby 2023: 6.36Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 6.60Cubing by the Kings 2023: 5.88Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 6.20CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 5.30Swoop in Again Oxford 2023: 6.46Ohio State Winter 2023: 6.09BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 6.04Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 5.90Gem City First in Flight 2024: 6.37Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024: 5.72Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 6.08Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 5.44Ohio State Spring 2024: 6.32Country Roads Huntington 2024: 6.17Northern Kentucky 2024: 5.28Gem City Donut DNF 2024: 5.58Get Ready Grove City 2024: 5.83Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 5.73Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024: 5.31Dublin Ohio Summer PM 2024: 6.66CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 5.49Ohio State Fall 2025: 5.68Ohio Championship 2025: 5.53Lexington Winter 2025: 5.07Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 5.73Morrow Mixup Mania 2026: 5.80National Trail Open OH 2026: 6.05Cubing in the Woods OH 2026: 6.14Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026: 5.07Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 5.80Ohio State Summer Mini 2026: 5.70Hampton Beach Summer 2026: 4.774x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 5.734.7739.562 Apr 201629 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.