People · United States
Chance Ritchey
3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024RITC01
Chance Ritchey has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.77, set at Cube Girardeau 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,450th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2024, he has put 370 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.86 in January 2024 to 7.77, a 21% improvement. Chance has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.77 | 8.69 | top 2.4% | 1,450 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 29.57 | 33.25 | top 2.6% | 436 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 2.84 | top 5.2% | 2,098 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.57 | 6.41 | top 5.8% | 1,510 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.50 | 1:10.86 | top 8.8% | 694 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.32 | 18.52 | top 8.9% | 1,196 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 3.81 | 6.21 | top 9.7% | 1,502 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.80 | 1:17.08 | top 13.2% | 919 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.51 | 2:31.91 | top 22.4% | 803 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 3:48.68 | 4:03.27 | top 26.7% | 758 / 3,236 | |
| Square-1 | 20.49 | 29.21 | top 29.2% | 1,924 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 15.57 | 16.28 | top 50.2% | 4,214 / 9,172 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube Girardeau 2026.
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Magnolia State Cubing 2026.
- 4 Oct 2024Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024.
- 11 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Alabama Championship 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First competition: Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024. A 9.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Girardeau 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Magnolia State Cubing 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Minxing in Memphis 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Field Noble — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Justin Barker — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Roman Wofford — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.