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Alexandre Richard

2×2 · top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013RICH01

Alexandre Richard has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Hérimoncourt Open 2014, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 287th in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2013, he has put 556 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.03 in March 2013 to 10.78, a 60% improvement. Alexandre has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.33
signature single · Hérimoncourt Open 2014
556
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×22.334.62
top 7.3%287 / 3,074
3×310.7811.70
top 9.8%517 / 4,746
Pyraminx4.859.79
top 12.3%305 / 2,148
Skewb4.376.02
top 13.5%193 / 1,291
3×3 one-handed18.4723.24
top 16.3%270 / 1,490
4×445.9749.59
top 19.5%366 / 1,817
5×52:03.672:16.70
top 51.5%478 / 1,024
Megaminx2:10.722:23.35
top 51.6%373 / 867
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves
early days — 1 solve345 / 367

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

Cannes Open 2013: 27.03Galeries Dorian Open 2013: 30.97Bussières Open 2013: 17.77Big CubingItaly Open 2013: 13.91Grenoble Winter Open 2014: 12.90Cannes Open 2014: 11.91Galeries Dorian Open 2014: 12.03French Championship 2014: 12.63Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 12.30Bugella Open 2014: 11.65Hérimoncourt Open 2014: 11.48France 2015: 10.78DYC Rubik Open 2015: 12.5910.7830.972 Mar 201317 Oct 2015

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 0.33 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.