People · United States
Richard Patterson
3×3 · top 29.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2003 · 2003PATT01
Richard Patterson has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.35, set at Draughons Eastern competition 2006, puts him in the top 29.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,177th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since August 2003, he has put 202 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.45 in August 2003 to 16.35, a 56% improvement. Richard has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 16.35 | 18.33 | top 29.0% | 16,177 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.08 | 1:23.99 | top 50.8% | 8,699 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 31.17 | 36.34 | top 51.5% | 3,425 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,117 / 2,059 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.75 | 14.38 | top 58.7% | 17,492 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 6.99 | 10.14 | top 60.4% | 25,222 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.31 | 3:00.31 | top 66.5% | 5,889 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.22 | 52.45 | top 69.6% | 10,105 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 4:12.38 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,562 / 8,026 |
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
- 21 Oct 2006Four personal bests in one day at G-Wiz Fall competition 2006.
- 22 Apr 2006Four personal bests in one day at Draughons Eastern competition 2006.
- 5 Nov 2005Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's World Championship 2005.
- 28 May 2005First sub-20 3×3: 18.80 at Horace Mann Spring competition 2005.
- 29 Jan 2005First sub-30 3×3: 20.28 at Midwest competition 2005.
- 23 Aug 2003First competition: World Rubik's Games Championship 2003. A 37.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chicago Open 2010 · 6 Feb 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Chattahoochee Spring competition 2007 · 24 Mar 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- G-Wiz Fall competition 2006 · 21 Oct 2006 — 4 personal bests set
- Draughons Eastern competition 2006 · 22 Apr 2006 — 4 personal bests set
- Chattahoochee Spring competition 2006 · 11 Mar 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's World Championship 2005 · 5 Nov 2005 — 6 personal bests set
- Horace Mann Spring competition 2005 · 28 May 2005 — 2 personal bests set
- Midwest competition 2005 · 29 Jan 2005 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Games Championship 2003 · 23 Aug 2003
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.
- Frank Morris — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Andrew Kang — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Peter Babcock — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 31,087 people have one; it is 14.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.