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Kye Riddell

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016RIDD01

Kye Riddell has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.53, set at The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since August 2016, he has put 1,678 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.30 in August 2016 to 7.53, a 68% improvement. Kye has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.53
signature single · The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024
1,678
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×37.539.62
top 2.0%209 / 10,392
2×21.493.34
top 2.1%136 / 7,173
Clock5.106.09
top 4.7%31 / 1,029
Megaminx52.281:04.94
top 6.1%44 / 1,375
Pyraminx3.676.50
top 6.2%214 / 4,858
3×3 one-handed15.7620.11
top 9.7%212 / 2,620
4×439.9446.14
top 12.1%297 / 3,118
Skewb4.306.62
top 13.0%278 / 2,907
Square-118.2626.98
top 24.0%198 / 952
5×51:36.591:45.84
top 32.7%402 / 1,499
6×63:10.793:26.34
top 46.1%242 / 665
7×75:22.015:58.83
top 57.4%238 / 503
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 1 solve195 / 283

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

Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 23.30Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 15.88Too Much Cubing 2017: 16.61Canadian Open 2017: 12.61Sherwood Park Spring 2022: 12.51Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 14.47Spruce Grove Summer 2022: 9.62Edmonton Summer Twist 2022: 12.56Rockies Rager Fall 2022: 10.19Sylvan Solves 2022: 7.68Grande Prairie Open 2022: 10.04Welcome Back Calgary 2023: 9.96Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023: 10.59Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2023: 9.13Solved Central Alberta 2023: 9.81Winnipeg Open 2023: 10.28Canadian Championship 2023: 9.35Sherwood Park Summer 2023: 11.23Calgary Summer Classic 2023: 9.17Odd Day in Sylvan 2023: 11.07Cubing Around Metrotown 2023: 10.49Saskatchewan Open 2023: 10.34Foothills NxNs 2023: 11.06Afraid in Airdrie 2023: 8.22Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2024: 10.28USC Cubing 2024: 10.93Battle of Alberta 2024: 8.98Queen City Cubing Regina 2024: 8.63New to Sherwood Park 2024: 10.07Moncton Spring 2024: 10.18Charlottetown Mini 2024: 9.35Richmond Rumble 2024: 9.88Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024: 9.78The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024: 7.53Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2024: 11.61Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.74BC Championship 2024: 11.08Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024: 8.78Championnat Québécois 2024: 10.11Lloydminster Border Battle 2024: 9.30Canadian Prairie Championship 2024: 9.81Peace Country Cubing 2025: 8.91Southern Alberta Cubing 2025: 9.83Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.70Crossfield Fall 2025: 9.08Yukon Solve It Whitehorse 2026: 10.267.5323.3013 Aug 201627 Jun 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.

  • Alex Mutch — met in 225 rounds, finished ahead 80 times
  • Lucas Kuczaj — met in 213 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Kyle Santucci — met in 188 rounds, finished ahead 20 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.