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Malcolm Richardson

3×3 · top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019RICH05

Malcolm Richardson has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.06, set at Berkeley Summer 2019, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,447th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since April 2019, he has put 189 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 9 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.47 in April 2019 to 13.06, a 65% improvement. Malcolm has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.06
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2019
189
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.0615.26
top 17.6%9,447 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.8610.36
top 18.9%5,048 / 28,708
2×24.375.54
top 31.3%12,445 / 40,951
4×41:03.331:10.64
top 40.0%6,501 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed30.0836.05
top 46.8%6,381 / 15,683
Skewb10.4515.42
top 57.7%10,540 / 18,907
Square-145.61
early days — 1 solve4,717 / 6,743

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

Berkeley Spring 2019: 37.47SacCubing VII 2019: 18.02Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 21.46BeCubed Summer 2019: 16.76Indiana 2019: 15.24SacCubing VIII 2019: 15.06Berkeley Summer 2019: 13.06Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 14.84Berkeley Fall 2019: 14.21SacCubing IX 2020: 13.7513.0637.4721 Apr 201925 Jan 2020

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 1.06 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.