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Richard Delacoste

4×4 · top 0.055% of 85,040 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015DELA05

Richard Delacoste has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 20.08, set at Swiss Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.055% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Switzerland. Until June 2017, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 77 competitions since October 2015, he has put 4,083 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.80 in October 2015 to 4.63, a 57% improvement. Richard has entered 77 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.055% of 85,040 all-time
20.08
signature single · Swiss Nationals 2026
4,083
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
4×420.0822.68
top 0.055%1 / 474
3×34.635.94
top 0.059%1 / 1,218
5×537.4340.85
top 0.063%1 / 273
6×61:13.891:19.06
top 0.24%1 / 146
7×71:53.092:01.51
top 0.3%1 / 123
3×3 one-handed9.9512.47
top 1.0%8 / 373
2×21.713.28
top 3.2%47 / 923
Pyraminx3.607.90
top 5.9%51 / 665
Megaminx1:04.431:18.05
top 12.3%27 / 211
Skewb4.708.98
top 16.0%84 / 395
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves35.33
top 20.4%32 / 101
Square-137.93—
top 62.7%104 / 162

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

Musée suisse du jeu 2015: 10.80Chambéry Cube Open 2015: 10.26Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2015: 9.88OFFA-Meisterschaft 2016: 9.11Belfort Open 2016: 10.28Swiss Nationals 2016: 8.90Musée suisse du jeu 2016: 7.11Montbéliard Open 2016: 8.93Cité des Jeux 2016: 8.28Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2016: 7.43Swisscubing Cup I 2017: 8.69Only Cube Open 2017: 8.54Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 7.85Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 6.79Barby Cube 73 2017: 7.31Swisscubing Cup III 2017: 8.30Ticino Open 2017: 7.10World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 7.21Swiss Open 2017: 7.79Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 7.58Zurich Open 2017: 7.69Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017: 7.32Suisse Toy Fast Fingers 2017: 5.61Musée suisse du jeu 2017: 7.32Swiss Nationals 2017: 7.46Chambéry Cube 2018: 7.12Wiler Würfelfest 2018: 7.17Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018: 7.89Elsass Open 2018: 7.19Zurich Open 2018: 7.11Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018: 7.40Zentralschweiz 2018: 7.24Swisscubing Cup II 2018: 6.18WCA European Championship 2018: 6.29Swisscubing Better Be Quick 2018: 7.02Swiss Nationals 2018: 6.85Argovia Open 2018: 6.70Barby Cube Open 2018: 6.68Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2018: 7.04Just Cube Open 2019: 6.28Zentralschweiz 2019: 7.14Swisscubing Cup II 2019: 6.82Swiss Nationals 2019: 6.67WCA World Championship 2019: 6.61UK Championship 2019: 6.36Offline Schwyz Sunday 2021: 5.93Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 4.63Norwegian Championship 2022: 5.98Swiss Nationals 2022: 5.57Bretzel Open 2023: 5.59Swisscubing Cup III 2023: 5.54Swiss Nationals 2023: 6.18Swisscubing Cup Final 2023: 5.26Ticino Open 2023: 5.25Swiss Science Open 2023: 5.41Chääswürfel 2023: 5.68Swisscubing Cup I 2024: 5.46Longjum'Open 2024: 5.39Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 5.47French Championship 2024: 5.83Swisscubing Cup III 2024: 5.83Tigery Open 2024: 5.59Cournonsec Open 2024: 5.81Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 5.75Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 4.99Swiss Nationals 2024: 5.49Lonay Cube 2024: 4.78Swisscubing Cup I 2025: 5.96Martigny Open 2025: 5.79Swiss Nationals 2025: 5.43Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.93NxN in Jura 2026: 5.45Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 5.33Swiss Nationals 2026: 5.374.6310.8010 Oct 201516 Oct 2026

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.

  • Tobias Peter — met in 592 rounds, finished ahead 414 times
  • Reto Bubendorf — met in 463 rounds, finished ahead 273 times
  • Theo Mayer — met in 419 rounds, finished ahead 306 times

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 46 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 41 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.