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Riley Fernholz

3×3 · top 28.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017FERN14

Riley Fernholz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.12, set at Red Cross Cubing Open 2017, puts him in the top 28.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,420th in the United States. Across 1 competition since April 2017, he has put 13 official solves on the record across six events.

3×3
best event — top 28.2% of 284,439 all-time
16.12
signature single · Red Cross Cubing Open 2017
13
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.1218.16
top 28.2%15,420 / 59,724
4×41:07.25
early days — 2 solves7,305 / 19,072
5×52:11.45
early days — 2 solves4,768 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed35.23
early days — 2 solves8,040 / 15,683
6×64:37.29
early days — 1 solve3,046 / 4,196
7×77:40.53
early days — 1 solve2,741 / 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 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 7.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.