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Nolen Shea
Pyraminx · top 8.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023SHEA03
Nolen Shea has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.23, set at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,271st in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2023, he has put 89 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Nolen 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.23 | 8.36 | top 8.8% | 2,271 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.04 | 14.32 | top 17.6% | 9,407 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.73 | 4.82 | top 23.1% | 9,054 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.55 | 13.76 | top 37.8% | 6,476 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 16.79 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,531 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.78 | 1:32.03 | top 56.6% | 9,731 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:53.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,788 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:06.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,011 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 59.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 12,493 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 6:43.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,932 / 4,196 |
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
- 12 Nov 2023First competition: Green Bay 2023. A 16.19 3×3 single to start from.
- 12 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Green Bay 2023.
Competitions
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Green Bay 2023 · 12 Nov 2023 — 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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Selle — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.