People · United States
Riley Sinclair
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019SINC01
Riley Sinclair has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at Return of the Ville KY 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,505th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2019, he has put 148 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.98 in May 2019 to 9.59, a 26% improvement. Riley has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.59 | 11.73 | top 6.3% | 3,505 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 3.93 | top 7.6% | 2,991 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 45.60 | 48.98 | top 19.1% | 2,890 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.62 | 26.27 | top 24.9% | 3,218 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.84 | 1:36.90 | top 27.2% | 2,124 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:55.50 | — | early days — 3 solves | 658 / 2,092 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.19 | 1:56.53 | top 36.6% | 2,614 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.29 | 9.21 | top 38.7% | 11,050 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 8.70 | 10.56 | top 46.4% | 8,205 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.70 | 3:45.63 | top 56.6% | 2,146 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:19.92 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,236 / 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
- 4 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Racine Rendezvous 2026.
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Return of the Ville KY 2025.
- 24 May 2019First competition: CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019. A 13.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Racine Rendezvous 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- UIUC Side Events Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- IlliNxNois Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Megaminx on the Madison Isthmus 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Return of the Ville KY 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jacob Turrubiartes — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles Bois — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Brian Johnson — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.