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Richmond Ricardo Balatbat

3×3 · top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016BALA04

Richmond Ricardo Balatbat has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.73, set at Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2019, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,385th in the Philippines. Across 3 competitions since May 2016, he has put 72 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.56 in May 2016 to 11.73, a 59% improvement. Richmond has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.73
signature single · Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2019
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×311.7313.78
top 13.0%1,385 / 6,270
2×22.934.79
top 13.4%576 / 4,257
Skewb5.118.97
top 19.0%287 / 1,320
Pyraminx6.4910.01
top 23.7%642 / 2,621
3×3 one-handed30.4132.40
top 47.6%1,338 / 2,440
4×41:21.131:26.43
top 56.9%1,431 / 2,135

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

Hari ng Norte 2016: 28.56Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2019: 11.73Valenzuela Cube Classic 2019: 12.9511.7328.561 May 20162 Feb 2019

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.