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Austin Ritchie

Square-1 · top 0.65% of 25,662 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022RITC01

Austin Ritchie has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.73, set at Brighton Side Events Day 2026, puts him in the top 0.65% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in the United Kingdom. Until September 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since March 2022, he has put 1,429 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.16 in March 2022 to 7.46, a 27% improvement. Austin has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.65% of 25,662 all-time
5.73
signature single · Brighton Side Events Day 2026
1,429
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Square-15.738.13
top 0.65%6 / 789
3×37.469.09
top 1.9%155 / 6,785
2×22.003.06
top 4.8%349 / 4,946
4×434.0540.89
top 6.0%145 / 2,112
Clock5.726.92
top 6.3%92 / 1,255
3×3 one-handed16.3718.01
top 11.1%219 / 1,861
Pyraminx4.686.68
top 11.3%452 / 3,704
Megaminx1:13.361:26.67
top 17.7%212 / 998
5×51:21.151:33.50
top 20.1%269 / 1,167
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
early days — 1 solve118 / 372
3×3 blindfolded4:25.50—
early days — 2 solves266 / 315

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

Weston-super-Mare Open 2022: 10.16Norwich Summer 2022: 10.33Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 10.47Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 9.25Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 8.04Irish Championship 2023: 8.41Isle of Wight Summer 2023: 7.90Norwich Summer 2023: 7.93Kent Autumn 2023: 7.46Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 7.78Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 8.17Glasgow Spring 2024: 8.92Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 9.64Chichester Summer 2024: 8.05Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.42Wiltshire September 2024: 9.04Bristol Winter Open 2024: 8.17Marble City Cubing IE 2025: 9.07Chichester April 2025: 8.15Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 9.48Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 8.65Wiltshire Winter 2025: 8.96Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.07Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 10.22Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 10.367.4610.4719 Mar 202228 Aug 2026

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-5 Square-1 single — 70 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.