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Richard Espinosa

Megaminx · top 3.7% of 34,786 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014ESPI01

Richard Espinosa has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 46.59, set at Philippine Championship 2018, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in the Philippines. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since February 2014, he has put 804 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.66 in February 2014 to 9.69, a 29% improvement. Richard has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 3.7% of 34,786 all-time
46.59
signature single · Philippine Championship 2018
804
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
Megaminx46.5949.82
top 3.7%31 / 690
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves34.33
top 5.1%8 / 189
4×434.6344.73
top 6.4%147 / 2,135
3×39.6913.10
top 6.6%676 / 6,270
2×23.065.74
top 14.9%658 / 4,257
5×51:19.191:33.23
top 18.5%200 / 928
Pyraminx6.068.62
top 20.4%540 / 2,621
3×3 one-handed20.0924.35
top 20.7%534 / 2,440
Skewb5.657.22
top 23.1%367 / 1,320
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 53:28—
top 24.1%16 / 72
3×3 blindfolded1:36.332:06.65
top 25.3%74 / 274
7×75:27.305:43.90
top 58.9%179 / 275
6×63:53.404:08.22
top 63.2%212 / 298
4×4 blindfolded13:02.00—
early days — 1 solve24 / 26
Clock29.7933.13
top 84.1%459 / 534

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

Shoe Capital Open 2014: 13.66Cube Clash 2014: 15.08Valenzuela City Open 2 2014: 13.56360 Degree Wellness Open 2014: 14.59Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2014: 12.50I-FiT Open 2015: 12.61Cube-a-Thon 2015: 14.22Rubik's Cube Philippine Open 2015: 10.96Northern Luzon Open 2015: 9.69Cube Ala-eh 2016: 10.46Las Piñas Open 2016: 11.00CGJV Speedcubing Rush 2016: 13.15Philippine Championship 2016: 13.67Baguio City Open 2016: 12.84Cube Ala-eh II 2017: 12.13Philippine Championship 2017: 12.05CaMaNaVa Open 2018: 11.92Philippine Championship 2019: 14.00Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2023: 10.11Cavite Speedcubing Open IV 2023: 12.14Luzon Championship 2023: 11.11General Trias Speedcubing Open III 2024: 12.48Philippine Championship 2024: 15.08Imus Speedcubing Open II 2025: 11.199.6915.0815 Feb 201422 Feb 2025

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-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 6.59 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.