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Reed W. Richardson

Clock · top 0.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021RICH02

Reed W. Richardson has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at Machesney Park Fall 2025, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in the United States. Until April 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 82 competitions since July 2021, he has put 3,896 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Clock best has come down from 9.12 in July 2021 to 2.41, a 74% improvement. Reed has entered 82 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.2% of 32,048 all-time
2.41
signature single · Machesney Park Fall 2025
3,896
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock2.413.20
top 0.2%20 / 8,927
Square-16.3110.01
top 1.0%83 / 6,743
2×21.222.06
top 1.1%461 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.364.06
top 1.9%486 / 28,708
3×37.7910.10
top 2.4%1,419 / 59,724
Megaminx45.7653.02
top 3.3%246 / 7,841
Skewb2.655.08
top 3.5%535 / 18,907
5×51:04.561:08.50
top 8.1%634 / 9,401
6×61:52.682:04.12
top 8.2%281 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed15.9718.31
top 10.2%1,347 / 15,683
4×438.8844.91
top 10.8%1,607 / 19,072
7×73:02.993:06.65
top 11.5%313 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves40.33
early days — 3 solves446 / 2,040

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

Empire State Summer A 2021: 9.12Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 6.01Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022: 4.71Three Attempts Chicago 2022: 4.23Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 4.82CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 4.18Gem City Side Events 2022: 4.29Illinois Speedcubing - Mini Sunday 2022: 4.34Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 4.29Naperville Winter B 2022: 3.59Mt. Prospect Mini Marathon 2023: 3.71Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 4.08Swallow Spring 2023: 3.27Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 3.25Little Giant Open 2023: 3.82West Side Cube Clash 2023: 3.69Warm Up in Mount Prospect 2023: 3.60CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 4.18Naperville Summer 2023: 3.52Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 3.88CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 4.02Peoria Fall 2023: 3.74The Core of Hobart 2023: 3.34Washtenaw Autumn 2023: 2.88Happy Holidays Colorado 2023: 3.25Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024: 3.43GCU Winter 2024: 3.23Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 3.84DuPage Winter 2024: 3.03Bloomington Open 2024: 3.45Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2024: 3.18Muske-GO 2024: 2.88Circle City Cubing 2024: 3.48Cubicle Day Oxford 2024: 3.10Countless Cubes Chicagoland B 2024: 2.66Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024: 3.44Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 3.09Wisconsin Qualifier 2024: 3.20Gem City Donut DNF 2024: 2.82Michigan Championship 2024: 2.86Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 3.20Mt. Prospect Mini Marathon 2024: 2.86Cubing in Oak Creek 2024: 3.17La La Land 2024: 2.94DuPage Fall 2024: 2.91CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 2.72UCSB Cubing 2024: 2.70Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 4.08Kenosha First A 2024: 2.69Washtenaw Winter 2025: 2.83Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025: 3.20Racing Kane 2025: 2.60Plymouth Indiana Mini 2025: 2.90Washtenaw Spring 2025: 2.88Evanston Qualifier 2025: 3.33Fun in Muncie 2025: 2.64CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 2.58Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 3.15CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 2.47Michigan Championship 2025: 3.20Wisconsin Championship 2025: 2.70Machesney Park Fall 2025: 2.41Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025: 2.66Naperville Gray Skies 2026: 2.71Evanston Qualifier 2026: 2.52West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 3.06Shhicago V 2026: 2.85CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 2.572.419.1231 Jul 20215 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, Clock. 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-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.