People · United States
Richard Alexander Bolanos
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023BOLA06
Richard Alexander Bolanos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at DuPage Fall 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,292nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2023, he has put 438 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.78 in August 2023 to 10.26, a 51% improvement. Richard has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.14 | 4.18 | top 5.7% | 2,292 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 12.66 | top 8.2% | 4,532 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 8.20 | 12.68 | top 16.2% | 1,239 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.87 | 9.59 | top 19.0% | 5,072 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.74 | 10.81 | top 23.8% | 3,838 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.34 | 26.24 | top 24.1% | 3,095 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.45 | 1:16.96 | top 45.3% | 7,532 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:41.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,105 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:08.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,341 / 9,401 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at DuPage Fall 2024.
- 19 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024.
- 5 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Countless Cubes Chicagoland B 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.09 at Evanston Fall Mini C 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.76 at Get to Work Chicagoland 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Get to Work Chicagoland 2023.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kenosha First A 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DuPage Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Countless Cubes Chicagoland B 2024 · 5 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Evanston Fall Mini C 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Get to Work Chicagoland 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Naperville Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
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.
- Andres Eduardo Bolanos — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Brian Johnson — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead once
- Simon Kellum — met in 77 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.