People · Canada
Richard Purcell
2×2 · top 8.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PURC05
Richard Purcell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Canadian Prairie Championship 2024, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 552nd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2022, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.63 in October 2022 to 11.55, a 21% improvement. Richard has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 4.22 | top 8.4% | 552 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 11.55 | 14.00 | top 12.4% | 1,178 / 10,502 | |
| Skewb | 14.19 | 16.23 | top 75.5% | 2,227 / 2,928 |
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
- 2 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Canadian Prairie Championship 2024.
- 8 Oct 2022First competition: Rockies Rager Fall 2022. A 14.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 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.
- Anthony Finnigan — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Nathan Hoang — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Jaylen Zhang — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.