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Richard Anthony Parada

3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018PARA15

Richard Anthony Parada has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.67, set at La La Land 2024, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,610th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since October 2018, he has put 412 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.07 in October 2018 to 9.67, a 64% improvement. Richard has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.67
signature single · La La Land 2024
412
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.6711.92
top 6.6%3,610 / 59,724
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 15 cubes · 59:17—
top 11.7%88 / 731
3×3 blindfolded1:03.131:28.92
top 14.1%270 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed19.0524.01
top 17.9%2,310 / 15,683
4×445.7751.41
top 19.3%2,924 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves50.00
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
Pyraminx6.949.07
top 27.4%7,512 / 28,708
5×51:34.861:39.26
top 31.4%2,476 / 9,401
2×24.525.84
top 33.2%13,190 / 40,951
Megaminx2:00.182:20.65
top 45.8%3,362 / 7,841
6×63:11.013:16.36
top 46.3%1,720 / 4,196
Skewb9.3514.35
top 50.8%9,106 / 18,907
4×4 blindfolded9:12.81—
top 53.0%224 / 440
Clock16.9317.16
top 55.2%4,581 / 8,927
7×75:22.295:36.57
top 57.5%1,701 / 3,184
5×5 blindfolded21:51.00—
top 67.0%150 / 218
Square-12:33.46—
early days — 1 solve6,739 / 6,743

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

Poly Cubed 2018: 27.07CubeChella 2018: 20.04Another Bruin Cube Day 2019: 21.31Mudd Winter 2019: 15.48UCSD Winter 2019: 14.77Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019: 14.57Berkeley Fall 2019: 11.73SacCubing X 2021: 11.54SacCubing XI 2022: 10.85Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 11.42CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 10.14La La Land 2024: 9.679.6727.0720 Oct 201831 Aug 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 1.67 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 3.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.