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Nico Harper (李有為) vs Ryan Pilat

Two careers, 52 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Nico Harper (李有為) (United States) and Ryan Pilat (United States) have met in 52 rounds across 4 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Pilat leads Nico Harper (李有為): 39 finishes in front to 13.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 15, Nico Harper (李有為) in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventNico Harper (李有為) singleaverageRyan Pilat singleaverage
3×36.027.773.345.44
2×21.392.300.691.29
4×426.1130.6220.9524.12
5×548.9855.7040.9646.43
6×61:38.441:51.311:19.791:26.20
7×72:37.392:46.441:56.582:08.11
3×3 blindfolded1:15.0915.4920.54
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves37.6719 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed10.7812.866.4310.35
Clock5.116.423.103.89
Megaminx28.6534.8934.5838.77
Pyraminx2.383.650.961.54
Skewb2.474.691.573.03
Square-14.738.323.415.81
4×4 blindfolded12:42.002:08.443:28.26
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 28:0723 of 23 cubes · 56:11

Year by year

every meeting, 52 rounds in all
20182025busiest year: 18 meetings2018: 52019: 122024: 182025: 17

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNico Harper (李有為)Ryan Pilatahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round4.001.62Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.347.08Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.446.45Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round25.27Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.3912.77Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round30.6928.44Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round59.3649.54Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:38.96Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:54.512:24.59Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7Second round2:57.302:22.25Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round9.124.56Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxSecond round37.9342.36Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round37.2040.29Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round7.183.14Ryan Pilat

Full careers: Nico Harper (李有為) · Ryan Pilat. A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.