People · France
Luke Richards
2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022RICH03
Luke Richards has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at French Championship 2022, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 264th in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2022, he has put 120 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.74 in April 2022 to 13.04, a 12% improvement. Luke has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 4.47 | top 6.5% | 264 / 3,074 | |
| 3×3 | 13.04 | 14.61 | top 17.6% | 861 / 4,746 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.17 | 32.25 | top 26.5% | 419 / 1,490 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.61 | 1:09.82 | top 39.3% | 700 / 1,817 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.45 | 2:06.11 | top 39.5% | 287 / 867 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.11 | 2:11.69 | top 49.9% | 455 / 1,024 | |
| Clock | 17.41 | 19.27 | top 56.8% | 406 / 714 | |
| Square-1 | 1:16.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 483 / 540 |
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
- 26 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at French Championship 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022First competition: Swisscubing Cup II 2022. A 14.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Science Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2022 · 26 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Lake Constance Cubing 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2022 · 9 Apr 2022
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.
- Matteo Dummar — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Oleg Gritsenko — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Mattia Pasquini — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.