People · United States
Riley Copas
2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022COPA01
Riley Copas has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,791st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2022, he has put 257 official solves on the record across ten 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 26.09 in September 2022 to 9.46, a 64% improvement. Riley has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 3.45 | top 4.5% | 1,791 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.46 | 10.55 | top 6.0% | 3,323 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.82 | 16.97 | top 9.8% | 1,301 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 40.15 | 43.31 | top 12.3% | 1,820 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 4.48 | 6.39 | top 14.3% | 2,232 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.28 | 1:36.50 | top 25.9% | 2,025 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.70 | 17.17 | top 58.4% | 17,113 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 3:39.98 | 4:03.83 | top 58.6% | 2,238 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 2:38.47 | 2:49.87 | top 65.3% | 4,992 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 6:14.37 | 6:43.80 | early days — 3 solves | 2,180 / 3,184 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Delta County Cubing 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024.
- 12 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Green Bay 2023.
- 27 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 27 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 10.77 at Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023.
Competitions
- Delta County Cubing 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Green Bay 2023 · 12 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Door County Cube Challenge 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Get to the Point 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Selle — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.