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Riley Madden

3×3 · top 17.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017MADD03

Riley Madden has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.08, set at Indianapolis Cubes 2019, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,486th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2017, he has put 98 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.12 in April 2017 to 13.08, a 46% improvement. Riley has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.08
signature single · Indianapolis Cubes 2019
98
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.0814.69
top 17.7%9,486 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.8612.80
top 26.7%7,318 / 28,708
2×24.676.27
top 35.1%14,016 / 40,951
Skewb8.8610.17
top 47.5%8,415 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed34.5642.52
top 56.5%7,847 / 15,683
4×41:21.591:31.25
top 57.2%9,874 / 19,072

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

Shaker Spring 2017: 24.12CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 22.52Wildcat Holiday 2017: 17.88Flag City Fall 2018: 16.26Indianapolis Fall 2018: 14.02Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 13.0813.0824.128 Apr 201716 Mar 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.