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Richard Meyer

3×3 · top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2007 · 2007MEYE01

Richard Meyer has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.28, set at River Hill Summer 2012, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,948th in the United States. Across 17 competitions since June 2007, he has put 526 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.47 in June 2007 to 12.28, a 40% improvement. Richard has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.28
signature single · River Hill Summer 2012
526
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.2814.65
top 14.9%7,948 / 59,724
5×51:19.251:25.06
top 18.5%1,431 / 9,401
4×445.4450.36
top 18.8%2,849 / 19,072
2×23.685.58
top 22.4%8,813 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed33.2238.31
top 53.8%7,454 / 15,683
7×75:41.595:51.76
top 63.0%1,885 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded3:50.02
early days — 2 solves1,365 / 2,092
6×65:01.72
early days — 1 solve3,281 / 4,196
Megaminx3:51.974:01.04
early days — 3 solves7,129 / 7,841

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

US Open 2007: 20.47Denver Open 2008: 15.72Utah Open 2008: 15.94San Francisco Open 2009: 17.80EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 14.94US Nationals 2009: 17.03River Hill Spring 2011: 12.72River Hill Winter 2012: 13.91River Hill Summer 2012: 12.28United States National Championships 2012: 14.54River Hill Winter 2013: 14.38World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 15.25Thailand Championship 2014: 13.80Colorado Springs Open 2015: 13.46Northern Colorado Summer 2015: 13.77Pueblo Open 2018: 12.78Colorado Qualifier 2019: 12.8012.2820.4716 Jun 200725 May 2019

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.

  • Dan Cohen — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Patrick Kelly — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Dan Dzoan — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 19.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.