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Rhys Richardson

3×3 · top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021RICH05

Rhys Richardson has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.29, set at CubeCo Durban Summer 2022, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 168th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since December 2021, he has put 121 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.07 in December 2021 to 12.29, a 28% improvement. Rhys has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.29
signature single · CubeCo Durban Summer 2022
121
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×312.2914.67
top 14.9%168 / 2,164
2×23.674.84
top 22.3%232 / 1,510
Pyraminx6.5210.92
top 24.0%183 / 946
4×458.261:04.10
top 34.6%114 / 491
Megaminx2:05.723:33.68
top 49.0%90 / 266
Square-139.4847.35
top 64.7%77 / 118

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

Durban Summer Warm-up 2021: 17.07CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022: 14.05CubeCo Durban Summer 2022: 12.2912.2917.074 Dec 20213 Dec 2022

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 0.29 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.