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Richard Foster

3×3 · top 38.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018FOST04

Richard Foster has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.51, set at 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025, puts him in the top 38.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 798th in New Zealand. Across 47 competitions since September 2018, he has put 735 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:22.08 in September 2018 to 19.51, a 76% improvement. Richard has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.5% of 284,439 all-time
19.51
signature single · 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025
735
official solves on the record
22%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×319.5125.74
top 38.5%798 / 2,095
2×25.4610.39
top 44.9%770 / 1,615
3×3 one-handed32.2047.46
top 51.6%278 / 600
Clock18.6420.56
top 60.7%207 / 303
Pyraminx11.8823.22
top 66.4%826 / 1,141
4×42:43.91—
top 94.3%683 / 722
5×56:12.41—
early days — 2 solves355 / 355

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

Auckland Spring 2018: 1:22.08New Zealand Nationals 2019: 38.24Auckland Summer Open 2020: 44.59A New Year in Auckland 2021: 32.30Nimble Napier 2021: 31.07NZ North Island Championship 2021: 27.78Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022: 39.39Palmerston North 2022: 26.94Twisty Taranaki 2022: 28.87Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 33.79New Zealand Nationals 2022: 29.12Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 37.20A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 20.61Auckland Autumn 2023: 26.83Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 24.78Tauranga Open 2023: 20.65NZ North Island Championship 2023: 26.90New Zealand Nationals 2023: 26.29A New Year in Auckland 2024: 31.16Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024: 27.11Beachside Auckland 2024: 29.36Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 28.78Clauckland 2024: 23.88NZ North Island Championship 2024: 26.24South Auckland Side Events 2024: 25.65New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 21.69Springing into Auckland 2024: 28.88Max Speed Milford 2024: 23.03New Zealand Nationals 2024: 25.92A New Year in Auckland 2025: 23.35Sqauckland 2025: 20.89Twisting in Titirangi 2025: 27.41Auckland Autumn 2025: 28.40Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 25.17Milford Winter Warm Up 2025: 22.00Warm Up Seattle 2025: 24.872x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 19.51Beachside Auckland 2025: 22.86New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025: 23.76Drury Summer 2025: 24.18New Zealand Nationals 2025: 24.30A New Year in Auckland 2026: 22.54NZ North Island Championship 2026: 25.63Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 25.48Welcome Back Hamilton 2026: 26.77Auckland Winter Open 2026: 24.32GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 22.1619.511:22.081 Sep 201810 Jul 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.51 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.