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Nicolas Naing

Megaminx · top 0.043% of 34,786 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015NAIN01

Nicolas Naing has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 26.01, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023, puts him in the top 0.043% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in the United States. Until March 2022, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 66 competitions since November 2015, he has put 913 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His Megaminx best has come down from 43.92 in November 2015 to 26.01, a 41% improvement. Nicolas has entered 66 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.043% of 34,786 all-time
26.01
signature single · CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023
913
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx26.0128.91
top 0.043%3 / 7,841
5×547.4752.65
top 1.1%98 / 9,401
6×61:32.181:36.00
top 2.3%87 / 4,196
3×38.9510.27
top 4.7%2,660 / 59,724
4×434.0138.26
top 5.9%902 / 19,072
7×72:50.513:08.48
top 8.0%213 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed18.3619.82
top 16.0%2,065 / 15,683

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

Northeastern Fall 2015: 43.92Manhasset Spring 2016: 41.04Big Apple Spring 2016: 35.94Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016: 41.38Clifton Winter 2017: 40.52Meadowlands 2018: 36.54New Hope Open Spring 2018: 33.52Kew Forest Open 2018: 34.93Fall Foliage Cubing 2018: 31.96Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 31.19Long Island Winter 2019: 32.36No Place For DNF Spring 2019: 33.30Meadowlands 2019: 32.70Warm Up Sydney 2019: 32.48Massachusetts Championship 2019: 29.89CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 29.22Skewbadelphia Winter 2020: 33.22Empire State Winter A 2022: 28.19Pittsburgh Winter 2022: 28.06Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022: 26.50CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 27.89New York Championship 2022: 29.51Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 27.08Westport Summer 2022: 28.65DFW Cubing Fall 2022: 27.99Cowbell Cubing 2022: 28.05DFW Cubing Winter 2023: 26.95Empire State Winter Warmup 2023: 27.40Pretzel Mania 2023: 26.54Mega Minds in Central Square 2023: 27.33Pittsburgh Spring 2023: 26.18Westchester Weeknights 1 2023: 26.87CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 26.01CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 27.33Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 27.71Megamania in Louisville 2024: 28.92The Battle of Lexington 2024: 28.15Cardinal Cube Day 2024: 27.54Empire State Side Events 2024: 28.08Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024: 29.41Wall Street Spring B 2024: 28.53New Rochelle at Nite 2 2024: 28.55Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 29.53Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 26.92DFW Cubing Fall 2024: 29.25ALL1- Empire State 2024: 28.14Coffee and Cubes OH 2024: 28.58DFW Mega Mental Breakdown 2025: 27.97Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2025: 27.26Oklahoma Championship 2025: 28.11Minxville Indiana 2025: 27.70Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 27.59Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2 2025: 28.30DFW Cubing Fall 2025: 29.41Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 2025: 28.63No Sprinting NY 2026: 27.92GA Cubers Banana Mystery 2026: 27.30Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2026: 28.65Side Events in Palisades 2026: 28.76Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 2026: 29.04Oldham County Summer 2026: 28.37Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 28.55Manhattan Mini PM 2026: 27.68Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 31.0726.0143.9215 Nov 201528 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Megaminx. 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 1.01 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 7.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.