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Nico Harper (李有為)

Megaminx · top 0.14% of 34,786 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016HARP02

Nico Harper (李有為) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 28.65, set at Rocklin Winter 2024, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in the United States. Until July 2018, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 105 competitions since September 2016, he has put 5,060 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.25 in October 2016 to 6.02, a 70% improvement. Nico has entered 105 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.14% of 34,786 all-time
28.65
signature single · Rocklin Winter 2024
5,060
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx28.6534.89
top 0.14%8 / 7,841
Square-14.738.32
top 0.19%24 / 6,743
3×36.027.77
top 0.49%328 / 59,724
4×426.1130.62
top 1.0%175 / 19,072
5×548.9855.70
top 1.5%129 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed10.7812.86
top 1.6%266 / 15,683
2×21.392.30
top 1.7%673 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.383.65
top 1.9%502 / 28,708
Skewb2.474.69
top 2.8%406 / 18,907
6×61:38.441:51.31
top 3.7%135 / 4,196
Clock5.116.42
top 4.7%379 / 8,927
7×72:37.392:46.44
top 5.0%133 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves37.67
top 9.9%229 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded1:15.09—
top 17.9%342 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 28:07—
early days — 3 solves270 / 731
4×4 blindfolded12:42.00—
early days — 2 solves287 / 440

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

Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 20.25SacCubing III 2018: 12.92Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 11.93Berkeley Spring 2018: 10.96SacCubing IV 2018: 11.00CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 10.10West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 10.57CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 12.13SacCubing V 2018: 10.77Berkeley Summer 2018: 9.15Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 8.89Berkeley Fall 2018: 9.20SacCubing VI 2019: 8.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 8.63Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 8.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 8.69Berkeley Spring 2019: 9.17SacCubing VII 2019: 9.93Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 7.67CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 7.89Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 7.68CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019: 7.86SacCubing VIII 2019: 8.83Berkeley Summer 2019: 8.51Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 8.60Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 7.37Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 8.84SacCubing IX 2020: 7.81SacCubing X 2021: 9.31SacCubing XI 2022: 7.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 7.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 7.98Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 6.02Berkeley Summer 2022: 8.47Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 7.74SacCubing XII 2022: 8.27Berkeley Fall 2022: 8.18WCC Western Championship 2022: 6.10Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 7.96SacCubing XIII 2023: 8.41Berkeley Winter A 2023: 7.81Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 8.85Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 6.66Berkeley Spring 2023: 7.66Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 8.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 7.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 7.41CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 6.92Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 7.54Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 6.57SacCubing XV 2023: 7.52Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 6.53Davis Fall 2023: 6.86Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 9.11Reno Mini 2023: 7.08Berkeley Fall 2023: 7.47Claws Up Winter 2023: 7.24Folsom Winter 2023: 7.34Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 6.49SacCubing XVI 2024: 7.61Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024: 7.72Berkeley Winter 2024: 6.50Davis Winter 2024: 7.33Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024: 6.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.20Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 8.27EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024: 7.72Berkeley Spring 2024: 8.33Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 7.53Claws Up Final Touchdown 2024: 6.73SacCubing XVII 2024: 7.26Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.40Berkeley Summer 2024: 7.87Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 7.16Folsom Summer 2024: 6.25Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.63CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 6.77La La Land 2024: 7.84Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.62SacCubing XVIII 2024: 7.40Lakewood Fall 2024: 6.55Rocklin Winter 2024: 7.68Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025: 7.57Santa Rosa Spring 2025: 7.11West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025: 7.70Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.85Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025: 8.326.0220.2522 Oct 20164 Oct 2025

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-25 Megaminx single — 8 people have one; it is 3.65 away.
  • A sub-4 Square-1 single — 11 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.