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Liam Thomas Richards

3×3 · top 16.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022RICH05

Liam Thomas Richards has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.80, set at Bristol Summer 2023, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,128th in the United Kingdom. Across 2 competitions since May 2022, he has put 64 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.44 in May 2022 to 12.80, a 22% improvement. Liam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 16.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.80
signature single · Bristol Summer 2023
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×312.8015.28
top 16.7%1,128 / 6,689
3×3 one-handed23.6427.12
top 30.5%557 / 1,851
2×24.546.57
top 33.4%1,778 / 4,895
Skewb7.559.21
top 37.8%898 / 2,421
4×41:03.791:14.75
top 40.4%874 / 2,071
Megaminx2:06.70
early days — 2 solves566 / 966
5×52:40.71
early days — 2 solves882 / 1,151
Square-155.24
early days — 1 solve645 / 778
Clock58.04
early days — 1 solve1,229 / 1,232

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

Chester Spring 2022: 16.44Bristol Summer 2023: 12.8012.8016.4414 May 20228 Jul 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.