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Nolan Yiu

Megaminx · top 0.14% of 34,786 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016YIUN01

Nolan Yiu has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 28.90, set at SCU III: FMC Triple-Scoop 2026, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in the United States. Until July 2018, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 120 competitions since November 2016, he has put 3,628 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.31 in November 2016 to 7.65, an 80% improvement. Nolan has entered 120 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.14% of 34,786 all-time
28.90
signature single · SCU III: FMC Triple-Scoop 2026
3,628
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx28.9034.24
top 0.14%9 / 7,841
2×20.882.70
top 0.35%148 / 40,951
Square-15.639.14
top 0.55%54 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded21.3628.43
top 1.8%39 / 2,092
Pyraminx2.483.91
top 2.1%564 / 28,708
3×37.659.94
top 2.2%1,308 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed11.5115.93
top 2.4%385 / 15,683
4×431.1938.09
top 3.6%576 / 19,072
Skewb2.884.53
top 4.4%679 / 18,907
5×51:00.441:07.78
top 5.7%473 / 9,401
3×3 Multi-Blind23 of 28 cubes · 57:04—
top 6.0%46 / 731
4×4 blindfolded2:48.91—
top 7.0%27 / 440
Clock6.006.98
top 7.3%568 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves34.33
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
6×62:22.072:27.16
top 21.6%764 / 4,196
7×74:07.454:26.78
top 33.6%940 / 3,184

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

Berkeley Fall 2016: 38.31Armin Open 2017: 30.31Berkeley Winter 2017: 22.53SacCubing I 2017: 23.77Berkeley Spring 2017: 24.89Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 25.74Berkeley Summer 2017: 20.10San Ramon Cubed 2017: 17.43Berkeley Fall 2017: 16.54West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 16.94SacCubing V 2018: 16.63Berkeley Summer 2018: 19.34Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 17.41Berkeley Fall 2018: 15.96SacCubing VI 2019: 14.79Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 13.61Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 16.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 14.61Berkeley Spring 2019: 13.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 16.49SacCubing VII 2019: 14.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 14.25CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 17.18CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 13.04Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019: 15.75SacCubing VIII 2019: 14.13Berkeley Summer 2019: 11.37Santa Barbara Fall 2019: 14.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 13.03Reno Fall In Memoriam 2019: 13.83Berkeley Fall 2019: 13.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 12.51Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 12.81SacCubing IX 2020: 14.43Mudd Winter 2020: 12.92SacCubing X 2021: 9.95CalPoly SLO Fall 2021: 12.39Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022: 9.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 10.68Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 9.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 10.80Berkeley Summer 2022: 8.51Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 8.69SacCubing XII 2022: 11.30Berkeley Fall 2022: 12.82WCC Western Championship 2022: 12.34Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 12.63SacCubing XIII 2023: 13.05Berkeley Winter B 2023: 13.17Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 10.59Berkeley Spring 2023: 12.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 9.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 9.68CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 11.92CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.14Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 10.28Berkeley Summer 2023: 10.83Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 11.16Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 10.63Davis Fall 2023: 10.59Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 10.46Berkeley Fall 2023: 11.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 9.00SacCubing XVI 2024: 11.19Berkeley Winter 2024: 11.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 10.26Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 9.60Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 8.99Berkeley Spring 2024: 8.89Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 9.88Berkeley Summer 2024: 10.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 8.73Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.65CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 11.35Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 11.02Berkeley Fall 2024: 9.57Davis Fall 2024: 9.70Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 9.49Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 9.63Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 9.57Berkeley Winter 2025: 9.70Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 10.29Berkeley Spring 2025: 10.66EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025: 9.24Belmont Spring 2025: 11.07Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.60Berkeley September Weekday 2025: 9.09San Ramon Fall 2025: 8.93SacCubing XXI 2025: 9.48Berkeley Fall 2025: 8.95Berkeley October Weekday 2025: 9.59Berkeley January Weekday 2026: 9.87Berkeley March Weekday 2026: 11.25Berkeley Pre-Cal Day 2026: 8.20Berkeley Spring 2026: 8.57Belmont Spring 2026: 9.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 8.977.6538.3119 Nov 201629 Aug 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-25 Megaminx single — 8 people have one; it is 3.90 away.
  • A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.