People · United Kingdom
Alexander Richards
3×3 · top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022RICH01
Alexander Richards has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.38, set at Stevenage Spring 2022, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,047th in the United Kingdom. Across 5 competitions since January 2022, he has put 125 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Alexander has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.38 | 14.65 | top 15.2% | 1,047 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 3.21 | 4.97 | top 16.7% | 970 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.06 | 12.62 | top 28.4% | 1,135 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 7.18 | 9.48 | top 35.0% | 825 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.74 | 41.05 | top 52.8% | 930 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.91 | — | top 62.4% | 767 / 1,151 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2023.
- 29 Jan 2022First competition: Wakefield Open 2022. A 15.70 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Jan 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.68 at Wakefield Open 2022.
Competitions
- Stevenage January 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Bonnello — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.