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Richard Madden

2×2 · top 0.35% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017MADD04

Richard Madden has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.88, set at Don't DNF Dublin 2022, puts him in the top 0.35% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Ireland. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since June 2017, he has put 2,969 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.95 in June 2017 to 5.98, a 57% improvement. Richard has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.35% of 186,767 all-time
0.88
signature single · Don't DNF Dublin 2022
2,969
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×20.882.39
top 0.35%6 / 1,163
3×35.987.54
top 0.47%11 / 1,427
Pyraminx1.602.70
top 0.55%9 / 911
3×3 one-handed9.4311.88
top 0.71%4 / 448
Square-16.479.45
top 1.1%2 / 194
4×426.7232.26
top 1.3%7 / 579
Skewb1.973.91
top 1.3%11 / 624
5×554.3657.54
top 3.1%11 / 296
6×61:39.861:51.86
top 4.0%5 / 142
Megaminx49.2253.99
top 4.8%20 / 283
Clock5.426.56
top 5.5%25 / 331
7×72:49.913:03.06
top 7.8%8 / 108
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves42.67
top 26.7%21 / 88
3×3 blindfolded3:15.65—
top 56.8%44 / 59
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:39—
early days — 3 solves17 / 24

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

Irish Championship 2017: 13.95Dublin Open 2017: 11.65Irish Championship 2018: 10.33Cork Open 2019: 9.37Irish Championship 2019: 8.48Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019: 8.80Every Event Éire 2019: 7.94Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021: 6.84Seaside Solving Sunday 2022: 7.77Don't DNF Dublin 2022: 7.89Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 7.97Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022: 6.54Dublin Open Sunday 2022: 6.55Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 7.09Irish Championship 2022: 7.12Tuam Open Saturday 2022: 6.88Cork Spring 2023: 7.58Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023: 6.76Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 6.50Irish Championship 2023: 6.88Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023: 7.42Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 7.75Mayo Cubing 2023: 7.16Meath Autumn 2023: 7.06Tuam Winter 2023: 6.68Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024: 7.11UCD Cube Days 2024: 6.91Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 7.09Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.18Marble City Cubing IE 2025: 7.38UCD Cube Days 2025: 6.90Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.17Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 5.98TUD Unscramble Day 2026: 7.36Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 6.305.9813.9524 Jun 201724 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.