People · United States
Nolan Yeung
3×3 · top 4.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024YEUN02
Nolan Yeung has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.99, set at Solve La Crosse 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,760th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2024, he has put 181 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.13 in March 2024 to 8.99, a 32% improvement. Nolan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.99 | 12.56 | top 4.9% | 2,760 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 37.43 | 43.60 | top 9.2% | 1,403 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.79 | 1:25.79 | top 16.0% | 1,259 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.39 | 23.56 | top 21.6% | 2,801 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 5.62 | 9.40 | top 22.9% | 3,707 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 9.62 | 11.04 | top 23.1% | 1,814 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 19.47 | 29.94 | top 26.8% | 1,778 / 6,846 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 5.54 | top 28.5% | 11,447 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.53 | 1:51.99 | top 31.2% | 2,242 / 8,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.57 | 11.01 | top 32.7% | 9,309 / 29,168 | |
| 6×6 | 4:25.53 | 4:47.02 | early days — 3 solves | 2,942 / 4,262 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.99 at Solve La Crosse 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Solve La Crosse 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Vanderbilt Winter 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First competition: Naperville Winter 2024. A 17.40 3×3 single to start from.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.13 at Naperville Winter 2024.
Competitions
- South Bend Scramble 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Solve La Crosse 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Naperville Winter 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Adam Schwenn — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Zachary Cribb — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zeke Mackay — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 7.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.