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Josh Richards

3×3 · top 20.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023RICH35

Josh Richards has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.94, set at Manchester Winter 2024, puts him in the top 20.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,393rd in the United Kingdom. Across 2 competitions since December 2023, he has put 63 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.60 in December 2023 to 13.94, an 11% improvement. Josh has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 20.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.94
signature single · Manchester Winter 2024
63
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×313.9417.90
top 20.7%1,393 / 6,689
2×24.525.13
top 33.2%1,765 / 4,895
Skewb7.7110.05
top 39.1%926 / 2,421
Pyraminx9.7911.51
top 51.4%2,075 / 3,656
4×41:15.05
top 51.6%1,112 / 2,071

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

Liverpool Winter 2023: 15.60Manchester Winter 2024: 13.9413.9415.602 Dec 202320 Jan 2024

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.

  • Alfie Jervis — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Jacob Dunn — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Kai Cui — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.