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Richard Soto

3×3 · top 40.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016SOTO05

Richard Soto has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.04, set at TFTI San Diego 2016, puts him in the top 40.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,718th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2016, he has put 14 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.18 in April 2016 to 20.04, a 29% improvement. Richard has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.0% of 284,439 all-time
20.04
signature single · TFTI San Diego 2016
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.0424.57
top 40.0%22,718 / 59,724

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

St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 28.18Poly Cubed 2016: 21.81TFTI San Diego 2016: 20.0420.0428.1824 Apr 201629 May 2016

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.

  • Oliver Thai — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Derek Hsieh — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Rob Peters — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.