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Timothy Castle vs Nico Harper (李有為)

Two careers, 168 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.

Timothy Castle (United States) and Nico Harper (李有為) (United States) have met in 168 rounds across 13 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Timothy Castle leads Nico Harper (李有為): 89 finishes in front to 79.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Timothy Castle holds the faster single in 12, Nico Harper (李有為) in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTimothy Castle singleaverageNico Harper (李有為) singleaverage
3×35.197.676.027.77
2×20.941.611.392.30
4×424.4328.7926.1130.62
5×546.9555.1348.9855.70
6×61:31.961:38.831:38.441:51.31
7×72:24.292:33.912:37.392:46.44
3×3 blindfolded16.3024.571:15.09
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.6728 moves37.67
3×3 one-handed11.0613.5310.7812.86
Clock5.346.665.116.42
Megaminx43.2647.2928.6534.89
Pyraminx2.012.532.383.65
Skewb2.203.502.474.69
Square-14.737.074.738.32
4×4 blindfolded3:01.5812:42.00
3×3 Multi-Blind19 of 21 cubes · 52:486 of 7 cubes · 28:07

Year by year

every meeting, 168 rounds in all
20182025busiest year: 42 meetings2018: 272019: 252021: 72022: 362023: 422024: 152025: 16

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTimothy CastleNico Harper (李有為)ahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.744.00Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.478.44Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.638.34Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.64Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.5415.39Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round28.7930.69Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:01.9359.36Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:39.39Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:37.932:54.51Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7Second round2:37.692:57.30Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxSecond round50.9037.93Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round47.2937.20Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.587.18Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round7.316.57Nico Harper (李有為)

Full careers: Timothy Castle · Nico Harper (李有為). 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.