People · New Zealand
Richie Stanford
3×3 · top 24.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024STAN17
Richie Stanford has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.90, set at Kubing in Kapiti 2024, puts him in the top 24.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 498th in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since June 2024, he has put 97 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.28 in June 2024 to 14.90, a 36% improvement. Richie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 14.90 | 17.78 | top 24.2% | 498 / 2,145 | |
| 2×2 | 5.19 | 6.59 | top 41.7% | 722 / 1,627 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.97 | 1:30.87 | top 53.4% | 370 / 745 | |
| Skewb | 11.71 | 15.71 | top 64.6% | 454 / 670 | |
| Megaminx | 3:33.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 256 / 284 |
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
- 9 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at Kubing in Kapiti 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.63 at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024First competition: Solve Well In Wellington 2024. A 23.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sqauckland 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kubing in Kapiti 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Clauckland 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
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.
- Jack Maddigan — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Terence Brown — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.90 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.