People · United States
Nico Hilal
2×2 · top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025HILA01
Nico Hilal has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at Benicia Open II 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,692nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2025, he has put 124 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.89 in March 2025 to 8.81, a 77% improvement. Nico has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.91 | 4.14 | top 4.2% | 1,692 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 8.81 | 10.56 | top 4.5% | 2,516 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.65 | 5.51 | top 6.1% | 1,585 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.90 | 39.03 | top 55.3% | 7,778 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 18.21 | 19.86 | top 59.4% | 5,130 / 9,172 |
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 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.81 at Benicia Open II 2026.
- 12 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Benicia Open II 2026.
- 2 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.68 at Belmont Spring 2026.
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Belmont Spring 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 15.78 at San Ramon Fall 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.78 at San Ramon Fall 2025.
Competitions
- Benicia Open II 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Alameda County Fair 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Rosa Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Berkeley Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Isaac Modrow — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Martin — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.