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Richard Black

3×3 · top 93.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016BLAC14

Richard Black has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:04.29, set at Lexington Summer 2016, puts him in the top 93.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56,692nd in the United States. Across 1 competition since June 2016, he has put 13 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 93.2% of 284,439 all-time
1:04.29
signature single · Lexington Summer 2016
13
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×31:04.291:18.11
top 93.2%56,692 / 59,724
2×217.1130.73
top 93.2%38,681 / 40,951
Pyraminx20.8346.40
top 93.8%27,429 / 28,708

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.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 4.29 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 2.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.