People · New Zealand
Riley Stace
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017STAC01
Riley Stace has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.82, set at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 157th in New Zealand. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2017, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.92 in July 2017 to 9.82, a 70% 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.82 | 13.85 | top 7.0% | 157 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 5.33 | 5.86 | top 43.4% | 745 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.54 | 14.41 | top 57.2% | 728 / 1,141 |
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
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 12.25 at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 12.25 at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.25 at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 23 Jul 2017First competition: SNZ Northern 2017. A 32.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wellington Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- SNZ Northern 2017 · 23 Jul 2017
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.
- Julian Sico — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Macdiarmid — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.