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Adam Richardson

2×2 · top 9.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022RICH12

Adam Richardson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.57, set at Perth Summer 2023, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 728th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2022, he has put 149 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.47 in June 2022 to 19.06, a 48% improvement. Adam has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.57
signature single · Perth Summer 2023
149
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.578.25
top 9.6%728 / 8,567
3×319.0627.41
top 37.2%3,614 / 11,709
Pyraminx9.1513.54
top 46.1%2,568 / 5,993
Skewb30.1054.17
top 97.1%3,461 / 3,534

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

WA Open 2022: 36.47Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 40.57Australian Nationals 2022: 36.36Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 26.83Perth Summer 2023: 26.94Perth Autumn 2023: 29.13Perth Time Trial 2023: 29.35WA Open 2023: 29.77Speedy South Perth 2023: 26.06Australian Nationals 2024: 23.49Perth Winter 2024: 19.0619.0640.5725 Jun 202227 Jul 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.