People · United States
Noah Richardson
2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019RICH07
Noah Richardson has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.60, set at New Hampshire Spring 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,011th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since July 2019, he has put 559 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.02 in July 2019 to 1.60, a 73% improvement. Noah has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.60 | 2.61 | top 2.6% | 1,011 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.33 | 7.22 | top 9.3% | 2,418 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 3.88 | 5.34 | top 10.1% | 1,547 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 12.15 | 14.76 | top 14.4% | 7,702 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 14.38 | 16.35 | top 45.4% | 3,664 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 28.71 | 39.60 | top 47.0% | 3,064 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.54 | — | top 61.0% | 10,641 / 19,072 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022.
- 27 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022.
- 7 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.20 at Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022.
- 7 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022First sub-30 3×3: 20.38 at Maine Spring 2022.
- 26 Jul 2019First competition: Massachusetts Championship 2019.
Competitions
- Wells Dual 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Hampshire Championship 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025
- Skowhegan Cubikon 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Brookline Favorites 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Salem Cubikon 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Maine Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Be Quick in Brunswick 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- New Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023
- Loon Cubikon 2022 · 20 Nov 2022
- Maine Fall 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Beverly 2022 · 27 Aug 2022
- Fast In Mass 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Maine Spring 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- BA Four 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
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.
- Will Russo — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Derek White — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Aidan McKenzie — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.