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Ray Bai vs Nolan Yiu

Two careers, 53 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.

Ray Bai (United States) and Nolan Yiu (United States) have met in 53 rounds across 6 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ray Bai leads Nolan Yiu: 38 finishes in front to 15.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Ray Bai holds the faster single in 8, Nolan Yiu in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRay Bai singleaverageNolan Yiu singleaverage
3×34.416.327.659.94
2×21.142.180.882.70
4×416.8423.4931.1938.09
5×540.3545.231:00.441:07.78
6×61:19.871:31.182:22.072:27.16
7×72:20.772:24.004:07.454:26.78
3×3 blindfolded1:20.371:35.1321.3628.43
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.6731 moves34.33
3×3 one-handed7.929.7011.5115.93
Clock9.1810.156.006.98
Megaminx29.2334.9728.9034.24
Pyraminx2.134.352.483.91
Skewb2.924.212.884.53
Square-16.968.805.639.14
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 10 cubes · 58:07—23 of 28 cubes · 57:04—

Year by year

every meeting, 53 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 18 meetings2019: 62022: 182023: 102024: 132025: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRay BaiNolan Yiuahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.5111.65Ray Bai
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.5418.73Ray Bai
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round26.3042.09Ray Bai
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round50.051:18.41Ray Bai
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxSecond round37.5134.24Nolan Yiu
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round36.8137.03Ray Bai
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round2.653.57Ray Bai
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2First round4.213.53Nolan Yiu
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round7.4910.73Ray Bai
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round7.7310.42Ray Bai
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round10.9517.86Ray Bai
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20244×4First round25.4641.48Ray Bai
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20245×5First round47.921:23.93Ray Bai
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20246×6First round1:37.722:53.91Ray Bai

Full careers: Ray Bai · Nolan Yiu. 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.