People · New Zealand
Richie Moon
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018MOON01
Richie Moon has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.89, set at Welcome Back Wellington 2020, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 159th in New Zealand. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2018, he has put 151 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.13 in March 2018 to 9.89, a 79% improvement. Richie has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.89 | 13.01 | top 7.1% | 159 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 4.36 | top 8.7% | 185 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.96 | 10.93 | top 27.5% | 383 / 1,141 | |
| 4×4 | 56.43 | 1:04.24 | top 32.4% | 208 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.66 | 31.19 | top 33.3% | 183 / 600 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.04 | — | top 56.9% | 175 / 283 |
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
- 24 Oct 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Welcome Back Wellington 2020.
- 28 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 25 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.26 at Koalafication Palmy 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.34 at Mind Games 2019.
- 27 May 2018First sub-30 3×3: 27.92 at Palmerston North 2018.
- 3 Mar 2018First competition: Mind Games 2018. A 47.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wellington Mind Games 2021 · 6 Feb 2021
- Welcome Back Wellington 2020 · 24 Oct 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Mind Games 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
- Cubing Korea 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Koalafication Palmy 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mind Games 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Winter 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Palmerston North 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Mind Games 2018 · 3 Mar 2018
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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Alex Asbery — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tom Nelson — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.