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Braden Richards

3×3 · top 0.14% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017RICH02

Braden Richards has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.12, set at Return to Green OH 2026, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in the United States. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 258 competitions since March 2017, he has put 11,049 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.94 in March 2017 to 5.12, an 84% improvement. Braden has entered 258 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.14% of 284,439 all-time
5.12
signature single · Return to Green OH 2026
11,049
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.127.70
top 0.14%100 / 59,724
Pyraminx1.212.41
top 0.15%52 / 28,708
Skewb1.283.35
top 0.18%25 / 18,907
2×20.831.91
top 0.27%113 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed9.1013.04
top 0.55%87 / 15,683
4×426.5331.32
top 1.2%204 / 19,072
Square-16.9010.39
top 1.6%127 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves26.67
top 3.0%81 / 2,040
5×554.191:02.61
top 3.1%256 / 9,401
Megaminx45.6052.05
top 3.3%242 / 7,841
Clock4.656.37
top 3.6%296 / 8,927
6×61:54.092:01.76
top 8.7%307 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded55.911:13.02
top 11.8%225 / 2,092
7×73:08.433:13.73
top 12.8%350 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 35:01—
top 21.6%156 / 731
4×4 blindfolded6:59.2310:17.00
top 36.6%154 / 440
5×5 blindfolded18:39.00—
top 55.1%124 / 218

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

Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 31.94Shaker Spring 2017: 25.02CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 19.26Michigan 2017: 16.03Glass City Open 2017: 16.58Wildcat Holiday 2017: 11.48Flag City Spring 2018: 10.57CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.79Flag City Fall 2018: 9.19Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018: 9.09Arnold Classic North America 2019: 9.36Flag City Spring 2019: 9.65CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 9.24Battle for Toledo 2019: 9.01CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.88Flag City Fall 2019: 9.22Wiscube 2019: 9.48Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 7.42Stowhio Open 2021: 7.58Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021: 9.06Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 8.48Bulldog Holiday Bash 2021: 7.61Bulldog Winter 2022: 8.54Gem City 2022: 7.35Bulldog Winter 2.0 2022: 8.09Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 8.52Bulldog Spring 2022: 8.17Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 7.22Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 7.02Pittsburgh Summer A 2022: 6.87CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 8.44Bluegrass Fall 2022: 6.61Ohio Valley Open 2022: 8.00Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 6.77Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 7.202x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 7.51Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 6.82Imagination Station A 2023: 7.86FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 7.90Bulldog Winter 2023: 9.14Washtenaw Winter 2023: 6.37Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 7.38Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 7.79Everything in Evanston A 2023: 7.71Miami in an Ohio Oxford 2023: 7.54Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023: 8.81Washtenaw Spring B 2023: 7.42Swallow Spring 2023: 6.93NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 7.36Ohio State Spring First-Timers A 2023: 7.83The Blantucky Derby 2023: 7.95Kentucky Horse Park 2023: 7.64Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023: 7.99Ohio State Summer Solving 2023: 7.08Bulldog Spring 2023: 7.05OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 6.64Flag City Summer 2023: 7.88CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.31Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 7.16Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023: 8.20Flex in Lex 2023: 6.94Lisle Summer 2023: 8.20Get to Work Chicagoland 2023: 7.28Fort Wayne Favorites 2023: 7.31Cubing by the Kings 2023: 6.93Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 7.87Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023: 7.47Ohio State Fall 2023: 8.01Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 6.54CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 7.09ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 7.98Vermont Cubikon 2023: 6.69Loon Cubikon 2023: 7.88Rocky Top 2023: 7.87Ohio State Winter 2023: 7.42Across the Woods Kentucky B 2023: 7.12Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024: 7.93Washtenaw Winter 2024: 7.64BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 8.24Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 7.18Gem City First in Flight 2024: 7.48TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 6.94Eastwood Cubing 2024: 8.48Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024: 8.35Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024: 7.05Michigan Mega Madness 2024: 6.71Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 8.43Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 7.37Washtenaw Spring 2024: 5.90Ohio State Spring 2024: 8.01Country Roads Huntington 2024: 7.43Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 7.45Ohio State Summer 2024: 6.42Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 7.03Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024: 6.65Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2024: 7.11Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2024: 6.14Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction 2024: 7.25Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 6.66CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 7.17Green Summer 2024: 6.96Get Ready Grove City 2024: 7.72Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 6.29Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 7.80Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024: 7.54Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 6.36Dublin Ohio Summer PM 2024: 6.80Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024: 6.78CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 7.29Flex in Lex 2024: 7.56Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 7.09Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024: 7.02Ohio State Fall 2024: 7.08Albuquerque Cubefest 2024: 7.07Don't Pop Preble 2024: 7.34Gallop in Kentucky Winter 2024: 7.15Imagination Station A 2025: 6.62Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025: 7.06Ohio State Winter 2025: 6.94NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 5.91Pittsburgh Winter 2025: 7.23Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 6.43Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025: 7.35Bowling Green 2025: 6.54Preble Spring 2025: 7.66Carmen Cube Clash Ohio State 2025: 5.67Northern Kentucky 2025: 7.14Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025: 6.03Grove City Weeknight Trios 2025: 7.17Fun in Muncie 2025: 8.31Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025: 7.00Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 7.54Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.98Doing Time in Moundsville 2025: 7.47Ohio State Summer 2025: 7.54CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 7.21Cincinnati Open 2025: 7.39Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 8.57Hancock County Summer 2025: 6.98Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025: 7.14Prebleminxing 2025: 7.14Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025: 5.79Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025: 7.23Ohio State Fall 2025: 7.40Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 6.80Best in West Lafayette 2025: 6.21Oberlin Big Cubes 2025: 7.14Bowling Green Fall 2025: 6.72Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025: 7.57Kids America Christmas Clash OH 2025: 7.80Ohio Championship 2025: 7.25Imagination Station A 2026: 7.04OKC Winter 2026: 7.13Ohio State Winter 2026: 6.27Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 8.02Barbados 2026: 7.37Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 7.94Ohio University 2026: 7.45Morrow Mixup Mania 2026: 7.38Bowling Green Spring 2026: 7.46Return to Green OH 2026: 5.12Algorithms in Archbold 2026: 8.16Grand Central Cubing WV 2026: 7.77National Trail Open OH 2026: 7.53Hancock County Spring 2026: 7.033x3 in Madison 2026: 7.70Cubing in the Woods OH 2026: 6.84CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 7.53Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026: 7.16Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.67Ohio State Summer Mini 2026: 7.42Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026: 8.405.1231.9418 Mar 20178 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 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.