People · Canada
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.53 | 9.62 | top 2.0% | 209 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 1.49 | 3.34 | top 2.1% | 136 / 7,173 | |
| Clock | 5.10 | 6.09 | top 4.7% | 31 / 1,029 | |
| Megaminx | 52.28 | 1:04.94 | top 6.1% | 44 / 1,375 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.67 | 6.50 | top 6.2% | 214 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.76 | 20.11 | top 9.7% | 212 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 39.94 | 46.14 | top 12.1% | 297 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 4.30 | 6.62 | top 13.0% | 278 / 2,907 | |
| Square-1 | 18.26 | 26.98 | top 24.0% | 198 / 952 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.59 | 1:45.84 | top 32.7% | 402 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.79 | 3:26.34 | top 46.1% | 242 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 5:22.01 | 5:58.83 | top 57.4% | 238 / 503 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 195 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Calgary Summer Classic 2023.
- 13 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at UBC Side Events 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Sylvan Solves 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Spruce Grove Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Yukon Solve It Whitehorse 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Crossfield Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Southern Alberta Cubing 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Peace Country Cubing 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lloydminster Border Battle 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Championnat Québécois 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- BC Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- St. John's 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2024 · 25 May 2024
- The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Rumble 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Charlottetown Mini 2024 · 7 Apr 2024
- Moncton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New to Sherwood Park 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Queen City Cubing Regina 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Calgary Side Events 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Grizz Leap 2024 · 29 Feb 2024
- Battle of Alberta 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- I Hope It's Solved Edmonton 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Newmarket Side Events 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Afraid in Airdrie 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Foothills NxNs 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Saskatchewan Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Around Metrotown 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Odd Day in Sylvan 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Calgary Summer Classic 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Canada 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Winnipeg Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Solved Central Alberta 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Richmond 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- April Fools Alberta 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Side Events 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Calgary 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Grande Prairie Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sylvan Solves 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton Summer Twist 2022 · 21 Aug 2022
- Spruce Grove Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022
- Sherwood Park Spring 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Too Much Cubing 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
- Calgary Limited Fall 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Edmonton Limited Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
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.