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Nico Hilal
Pyraminx · top 6.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025HILA01
Nico Hilal has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.65, set at Alameda County Fair 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,560th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 94 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.89 in March 2025 to 11.31, a 70% improvement. Nico has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 3.65 | 5.51 | top 6.1% | 1,560 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.31 | 13.24 | top 11.5% | 6,193 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.72 | top 18.7% | 7,342 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.90 | 39.03 | top 55.2% | 7,656 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 18.24 | 21.43 | top 59.5% | 4,998 / 8,927 |
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
- 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.
- 2 Mar 2025First competition: Berkeley Spring 2025. A 37.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 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.
- Chris Martin — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sebastian Stone — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.