People · United States
Richard Borowsky
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014BORO01
Richard Borowsky has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,516th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2014, he has put 230 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.41 in February 2014 to 8.81, a 67% improvement. Richard has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.81 | 10.78 | top 4.5% | 2,516 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.59 | 20.72 | top 9.4% | 1,262 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 37.82 | 47.72 | top 9.7% | 1,466 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.97 | 6.61 | top 13.0% | 3,442 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 4.66 | 7.09 | top 15.7% | 2,490 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 4.32 | top 17.3% | 6,845 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.59 | — | top 51.0% | 4,343 / 9,537 |
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
- 17 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018.
- 7 Jul 2017Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 31 Jul 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at US Nationals 2015.
- 31 Jul 2015Seven personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2015.
- 6 Dec 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.00 at MIT Fall 2014.
- 1 Aug 2014First sub-20 3×3: 16.93 at US Nationals 2014.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2016 · 9 Jan 2016
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 7 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2014 · 15 Feb 2014
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.
- Daniel Karnaukh — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sam Schultz — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.