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Niklas Hsu-Storaker

3×3 · top 0.69% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022HSUS01

Niklas Hsu-Storaker has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.31, set at Liberty Science Center Open B 2026, puts him in the top 0.69% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 453rd in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since April 2022, he has put 1,000 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.21 in April 2022 to 6.31, a 38% improvement. Niklas has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.69% of 284,439 all-time
6.31
signature single · Liberty Science Center Open B 2026
1,000
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.317.53
top 0.69%453 / 59,724
Square-16.1816.43
top 0.89%74 / 6,743
Megaminx42.7546.49
top 2.4%172 / 7,841
4×429.4333.81
top 2.5%409 / 19,072
5×552.5859.39
top 2.5%201 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed12.0614.02
top 3.1%482 / 15,683
2×22.073.97
top 5.2%2,080 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.706.23
top 6.3%1,609 / 28,708
6×61:52.271:56.88
top 8.1%276 / 4,196
Skewb4.127.15
top 11.7%1,819 / 18,907
7×73:06.443:17.91
top 12.3%336 / 3,184
Clock8.099.49
top 15.6%1,192 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded1:39.992:49.19
top 26.5%553 / 2,092
4×4 blindfolded12:59.00—
early days — 1 solve289 / 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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 10.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 11.21Berkeley Fall 2022: 8.77Berkeley Winter B 2023: 7.79Berkeley Spring 2023: 8.98Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 7.66Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 7.60CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 7.63Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 7.13Davis Fall 2023: 7.72Berkeley Winter 2024: 7.48Berkeley Summer 2024: 7.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 7.21Flushing Glow PM 2024: 8.15Flushing Glow Open PM 2025: 7.57Liberty Science Center Open A 2025: 7.49NYU Spring 2025: 6.48West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025: 8.21Davis Summer 2025: 7.20Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025: 7.73Flushing Glow Autumn PM 2025: 7.48Liberty Science Center Open B 2026: 6.31NYU Spring 2026: 7.786.3111.2124 Apr 20225 Apr 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.