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Nora Y. Kester

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022KEST04

Nora Y. Kester has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.92, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024, puts her in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,685th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since November 2022, she has put 959 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.85 in November 2022 to 9.95, a 62% improvement. Nora has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.92
signature single · CubingUSA Western Championship 2024
959
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.924.30
top 4.2%1,685 / 40,951
3×39.9511.59
top 7.3%4,020 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.668.49
top 11.2%2,908 / 28,708
4×446.1051.82
top 19.7%2,992 / 19,072
Skewb5.248.81
top 20.1%3,189 / 18,907
Megaminx1:23.721:33.67
top 24.2%1,665 / 7,841
Square-118.3522.92
top 24.2%1,599 / 6,743
5×51:34.501:38.14
top 31.1%2,456 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed23.8730.81
top 31.1%4,029 / 15,683
Clock15.6018.45
top 50.3%4,101 / 8,927
6×63:25.693:39.58
top 53.0%2,002 / 4,196
7×75:34.84—
early days — 1 solve1,824 / 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

Circle City Supercharged 2022: 25.85Cozy Cubing Poway 2023: 19.24Circle City Turbocharged 2023: 17.00Cubing in the Valley 2023: 15.40UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 13.89Poway Summer Cubing 2023: 12.57Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 13.27UCSD Summer 2023: 14.90Santa Ana Summer A 2023: 13.08Corona Summer 2023: 13.85Irvine Fall 2023: 11.04UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 13.45Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023: 12.48UCSD Winter 2024: 11.14University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 11.66Orange County Newcomers 2024: 11.29Nub Open Yucaipa 2024: 11.14Temecula Valley Spring 2024: 13.10Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024: 11.52CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 12.22La La Land 2024: 10.29Super Duper San Diego 2024: 10.15Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 9.95UCSD Fall 2024: 10.15CubeChella 2024: 10.52Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025: 10.96UCSD Maybe 2025: 11.95Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.94Temecula Valley Winter 2025: 12.43Super Duper San Diego 2026: 10.51Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 13.61West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 12.919.9525.8519 Nov 202223 May 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.95 away.

Targets move as she improves.