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Julian Sico

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016SICO01

Julian Sico has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in New Zealand. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since May 2016, he has put 1,399 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in May 2016 to 8.30, a 47% improvement. Julian has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.25
signature single · Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025
1,399
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×21.253.12
top 1.2%47 / 1,615
3×38.3010.23
top 3.3%99 / 2,095
Pyraminx3.037.62
top 3.7%69 / 1,141
4×434.0841.10
top 5.9%53 / 722
Skewb3.605.11
top 8.3%80 / 666
Megaminx58.621:08.16
top 9.3%42 / 283
3×3 one-handed16.2319.42
top 10.8%75 / 600
5×51:15.051:23.60
top 15.4%61 / 355
Clock9.7112.37
top 23.7%89 / 303
6×62:59.103:17.13
top 40.7%81 / 149
Square-129.0943.57
top 47.7%139 / 251
7×75:11.115:33.88
top 54.2%83 / 126
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 2 solves84 / 111

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

Wellington Autumn 2016: 15.72Hamilton Winter 2016: 17.44Palmerston North 2016: 16.11Mind Games 2017: 16.09SNZ Northern 2017: 12.81New Zealand Nationals 2017: 11.52Mind Games 2018: 12.01Palmerston North 2018: 10.45Mind Games 2019: 10.40Koalafication Palmy 2019: 10.17Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.71Palmerston North 2021: 9.74New Zealand Nationals 2023: 11.03Welcome to Wellington 2024: 10.05Only Cubes in Wellington 2024: 8.68Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025: 9.52Johnsonville FTOpen 2025: 8.33Wellington Winter 2025: 9.28NZ North Island Championship 2025: 9.01Solve Well in Wellington 2025: 9.57NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025: 9.85Wellington Spring 2025: 9.84Farewellington 2025: 8.81Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026: 8.30NZ Cubing Heptathlon 2026: 10.32Wellington Autumn 2026: 9.39GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 10.788.3017.4422 May 201610 Jul 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.