People · United States
Riley Best
Pyraminx · top 32.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019BEST02
Riley Best has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.50, set at Minnesota Cube Days 2020, puts him in the top 32.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,962nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2019, he has put 47 official solves on the record across six events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.25 in January 2020 to 7.50, a 27% improvement. Riley has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.50 | 10.79 | top 32.0% | 8,962 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 24.42 | 29.01 | top 51.3% | 29,967 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.28 | 7.37 | top 53.7% | 21,921 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.38 | 2:08.88 | top 59.4% | 10,289 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 11.77 | 15.40 | top 64.9% | 12,062 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:04.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,033 / 15,683 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Mar 2020First sub-30 3×3: 24.42 at Minnesota Cube Days 2020.
- 7 Mar 2020Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Days 2020.
- 14 Dec 2019First competition: Mega Minnesota Winter 2019. A 54.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Cube Days 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Mega Minnesota Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
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.
- Rhett Plummer — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Walker Welch — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.