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Richard Alejandro Sánchez Andueza

3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013ANDU01

Richard Alejandro Sánchez Andueza has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Centro Brazuca al Cubo 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Venezuela. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2013, he has put 715 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.23 in September 2013 to 9.12, a 65% improvement. Richard has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.12
signature single · Centro Brazuca al Cubo 2024
715
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
3×39.1211.18
top 5.1%36 / 1,005
3×3 one-handed13.6817.36
top 5.5%11 / 262
4×440.7444.35
top 13.0%30 / 258
2×22.995.00
top 14.1%77 / 550
Pyraminx5.2410.22
top 14.7%65 / 410
Megaminx1:31.351:43.13
top 29.1%39 / 115
Skewb6.699.27
top 31.2%51 / 151
Square-140.241:06.34
top 65.7%39 / 52
3×3 blindfolded4:06.32
early days — 2 solves20 / 29

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

Venezuela Open 2013: 26.23Apollo Open 2014: 15.32Valencia Summer 2014: 13.49Los Andes 2014: 14.16Cubing Mérida 2014: 13.33Cubeando Ando Cojedes 2015: 13.87Barranquilla Open 2023: 10.72Salamandra Open 2023: 10.34Bibliopen Cali 2023: 11.99Nacionales Colombia 2023: 12.71Caribe Plaza Cubing 2023: 9.78Barranquilla Real 2023: 10.50Calamari Cartagena 2023: 11.14Terraza360 2024: 10.47Centro Brazuca al Cubo 2024: 9.12Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024: 11.319.1226.2329 Sep 20139 Nov 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.