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Rich Piper

3×3 · top 97.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2005 · 2005PIPE04

Rich Piper has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:24.17, set at Rubik's World Championship 2005, puts him in the top 97.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59,591st in the United States. Across 1 competition since November 2005, he has put 4 official solves on the record across two events.

3×3
best event — top 97.4% of 288,433 all-time
1:24.17
signature single · Rubik's World Championship 2005
4
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×31:24.17—
early days — 2 solves59,591 / 60,666
2×235.25—
early days — 2 solves41,544 / 41,674

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 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 264,087 people have one; it is 24.17 away.
  • A sub-30 2×2 single — 186,867 people have one; it is 5.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.