People · United States
Richard Gardner
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022GARD02
Richard Gardner has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Beaver Falls Open 2026, 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 13 competitions since June 2022, he has put 377 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.85 in June 2022 to 8.81, a 41% improvement. Richard has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.33 | top 4.5% | 2,516 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 3.20 | top 5.2% | 2,098 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.98 | 1:11.86 | top 8.5% | 666 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 39.89 | 44.81 | top 12.1% | 1,811 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 5.73 | 8.97 | top 23.8% | 3,875 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.51 | 23.96 | top 24.7% | 3,214 / 15,900 | |
| 6×6 | 2:28.91 | 2:40.63 | top 25.2% | 915 / 4,262 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.84 | 8.74 | top 26.6% | 7,381 / 29,168 | |
| 7×7 | 3:56.92 | 4:04.62 | top 29.5% | 838 / 3,236 | |
| Clock | 12.67 | 17.20 | top 38.1% | 3,096 / 9,172 |
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
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Green Spring 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at Green Spring 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Lake Erie Showdown 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022First competition: Lake Erie Showdown 2022. A 14.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back To School Buffalo 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Beaver Falls Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tartan Twist PA 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Cube Against Cancer Dunkirk 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Tier Twist 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Fredonia Finals 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Green Spring 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Lake Erie Showdown 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bulldog Spring 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Flower City Cube Fest 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Lake Erie Showdown 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
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.
- Xavier Ye — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Gabriel Gowman — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dev Choksi — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.