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Drake Denton Richard

Clock · top 0.084% of 32,048 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018RICH05

Drake Denton Richard has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at GA Cubers Banana Mystery 2026, puts him in the top 0.084% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in the United States. Until August 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 94 competitions since July 2018, he has put 3,500 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.14 in July 2018 to 6.32, an 83% improvement. Drake has entered 94 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.084% of 32,048 all-time
2.15
signature single · GA Cubers Banana Mystery 2026
3,500
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock2.153.07
top 0.084%8 / 8,927
Skewb1.312.58
top 0.22%32 / 18,907
2×21.052.35
top 0.66%274 / 40,951
Pyraminx1.703.61
top 0.67%202 / 28,708
3×36.329.24
top 0.7%458 / 59,724
Square-17.419.56
top 2.3%170 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed12.3819.76
top 3.5%529 / 15,683
Megaminx1:00.131:18.53
top 10.1%694 / 7,841
4×439.6147.08
top 11.7%1,728 / 19,072
5×51:25.401:33.07
top 23.6%1,831 / 9,401
6×62:56.673:07.90
top 39.4%1,434 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 3 solves1,251 / 2,040
7×76:12.06—
top 70.5%2,165 / 3,184

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

West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018: 37.14Nisei Week 2018: 21.40Anaheim Fall 2018: 19.29West LA Spring 2019: 20.57CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 24.02West LA Winter 2020: 18.46Mudd Winter 2020: 22.25Long Beach Spring 2022: 15.43Irvine Summer 2022: 11.08WCC Western Championship 2022: 14.83Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022: 12.17A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 12.40Cubing in the Valley 2023: 13.05Give Back RPV 2023: 14.08Pride in Long Beach 2023: 12.15Agoura Cubing 2023: 12.03Fountain City 2023: 13.43Corona Summer 2023: 9.50Irvine Fall 2023: 9.44UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 11.36Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 9.54Agoura SpookCubing 2023: 11.93Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 11.27Beckman Gets Big 2023: 10.37Poway Cubing Winter 2024: 12.23University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 12.47USC Cubing 2024: 12.05Los Angeles Newcomers 2024: 11.34Santa Barbara Cubing 2024: 10.29Middle Georgia Speedsolving 2024: 10.37FSUbers 6.0 2024: 11.55Alabama Championship 2024: 9.88See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024: 9.91Concord Summer 2024: 10.10Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.83La La Land 2024: 8.28GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 9.49Appalachian Highlands TN 2024: 9.50Middle Georgia Gives Thanks 2024: 10.35Coosa Cubing Clash 2024: 9.31Solving in Savannah 2025: 10.39Charlotte Winter 2025: 10.79Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 7.57See Georgia: Cloudland Canyon A 2025: 9.94Queen City NC 2025: 8.72Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025: 9.63Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025: 9.92GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 9.82Middle Georgia Big Cube Showdown 2025: 9.69Skewbing in School Kennesaw 2025: 10.32Cubing in School Westminster 2025: 9.26Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025: 10.98North Carolina Championship 2025: 8.70CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 9.48Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.31Fort Payne Summer 2025: 9.25Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025: 10.19East Cobb Summer 2025: 8.76West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 9.50Concord Summer 2025: 8.85Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025: 11.24Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025: 9.56Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025: 9.28GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025: 8.45Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 10.86Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025: 9.35Coosa Cubing Clash 2025: 9.66Thrice as Nice Miami 2025: 8.65Georgia Championship 2026: 9.38Marietta Monday Mini I 2026: 8.87Marietta the Gathering 2026: 8.76Middle Georgia March Madness 2026: 8.73Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026: 9.62CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 8.80Scenic City Spring TN 2026: 8.61GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 8.89The Loveliest Solves on the Plains Auburn 2026: 9.08GA Cubers Pride 2026: 6.32Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.98Scenic City Summer TN 2026: 8.80Fort Payne Summer 2026: 9.926.3237.1411 Jul 201822 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.

  • Katie Hull — met in 428 rounds, finished ahead 151 times
  • Daniel Mullen — met in 403 rounds, finished ahead 136 times
  • Justin Barker — met in 365 rounds, finished ahead 131 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.