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James Richards

3×3 · top 34.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022RICH09

James Richards has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.10, set at Australian Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,295th in Australia. Across 37 competitions since June 2022, he has put 440 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.15 in June 2022 to 18.10, a 61% improvement. James has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.4% of 284,439 all-time
18.10
signature single · Australian Nationals 2024
440
official solves on the record
20%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×318.1026.97
top 34.4%3,295 / 11,709
Clock12.3514.97
top 36.7%382 / 1,095
2×25.5710.18
top 46.1%3,635 / 8,567
Pyraminx9.8715.50
top 52.0%2,973 / 5,993
4×41:23.121:40.49
top 58.4%1,636 / 3,051
Skewb17.9425.81
top 86.0%3,025 / 3,534

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

NSW Open 2022: 46.15Sydney Winter Saturday 2022: 42.35Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 37.44Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 32.87North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 34.72Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 30.00Swiss Nationals 2023: 32.60Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 29.24Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 29.14Simple Sydney Sunday 2023: 20.80Australian Nationals 2023: 25.41Sydney Summer 2023: 19.73Cubing at The Cube 2024: 29.63Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 26.18Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024: 28.26Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 26.35Australian Nationals 2024: 18.10Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 24.93Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024: 24.63Sydney Spring Sunday 2024: 28.66Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 25.31Cubing at The Cube 2025: 29.58Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025: 23.87NSW State Championship 2025: 25.28Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025: 23.16Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 24.73Australian Nationals 2025: 25.27Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025: 19.35Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 26.64New Zealand Nationals 2025: 20.98Cubing at The Cube 2026: 23.35Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 26.53Australian Nationals 2026: 23.8918.1046.1511 Jun 20229 Jul 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.10 away.
  • A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.