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Riley Woo

3×3 · top 0.74% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007WOOR01

Riley Woo has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.37, set at US Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 0.74% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 481st in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 106 competitions since August 2007, he has put 4,600 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.53 in August 2007 to 6.37, an 88% improvement. Riley has entered 106 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.74% of 284,439 all-time
6.37
signature single · US Nationals 2016
4,600
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.378.11
top 0.74%481 / 59,724
Megaminx41.1744.78
top 1.9%137 / 7,841
2×21.652.45
top 2.8%1,107 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded24.7231.79
top 2.9%56 / 2,092
4×431.7836.99
top 4.0%645 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed12.8416.26
top 4.2%614 / 15,683
3×3 Multi-Blind20 of 21 cubes · 59:17—
top 5.6%42 / 731
Pyraminx3.916.47
top 7.2%1,849 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves32.67
top 8.0%187 / 2,040
Skewb3.565.91
top 8.1%1,246 / 18,907
5×51:05.281:09.54
top 8.6%662 / 9,401
4×4 blindfolded4:15.98—
top 16.5%61 / 440
Square-115.9921.50
top 18.7%1,261 / 6,743
7×73:32.573:49.93
top 20.6%584 / 3,184
6×62:20.772:31.63
top 20.9%735 / 4,196
5×5 blindfolded10:01.00—
top 21.9%44 / 218
Clock10.2811.25
top 26.5%2,041 / 8,927

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

Caltech Summer competition 2007: 52.53Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 45.36Berkeley Summer 2011: 20.03Caltech Fall 2011: 13.63Berkeley Fall 2011: 14.27Berkeley Winter 2012: 12.65EPGY Stanford Winter 2012: 12.40Berkeley Spring 2012: 13.03Stanford Spring 2012: 11.52United States National Championships 2012: 10.25Berkeley Fall 2012: 10.22Berkeley Autumn 2012: 9.46Caltech Winter Open 2013: 8.68Berkeley Winter 2013: 10.16Diamond Bar Spring Open 2013: 10.09Caltech Spring Open 2013: 9.17World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 8.42Berkeley Summer 2013: 8.60Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013: 9.02Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 8.08Berkeley Fall 2013: 8.72Berkeley Winter 2014: 10.86Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 9.11Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 8.69Berkeley Spring 2014: 8.13BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 7.27Newport Cube Day 2014: 7.43US Nationals 2014: 8.75Berkeley Summer 2014: 8.47BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 8.59Berkeley Fall 2014: 6.44Berkeley Winter 2015: 7.97BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 8.54Berkeley Spring 2015: 8.69SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 7.42Taiwan Cubing League - Taipei 2015: 8.72SoCal Supercomp 2015: 8.15BASC 7 2015: 9.31US Nationals 2015: 7.97Berkeley Summer 2015: 8.12Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 8.70Berkeley Fall 2015: 7.63Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 6.93Berkeley Winter 2016: 7.93Berkeley Spring 2016: 8.33Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 8.71US Nationals 2016: 6.37Oregon 2016: 7.46Berkeley Summer 2016: 7.65Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 8.42Berkeley Fall 2016: 8.90Armin Open 2017: 8.42Berkeley Winter 2017: 9.12Berkeley Spring 2017: 9.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 8.376.25 Bay Area 2017: 7.11San Ramon 2017: 8.14Northwest Championships 2017: 8.28Berkeley Summer 2017: 7.82Longhorn Cube Day 2017: 8.10Skillcon 2017: 8.70South Enough 2018: 8.28SacCubing III 2018: 7.36Berkeley Winter 2018: 7.76Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 6.94Berkeley Spring 2018: 7.07Colorado Qualifier 2018: 7.75CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 7.34West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 7.51West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 8.08CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.54Berkeley Summer 2018: 7.15Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 8.80Berkeley Fall 2018: 7.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 7.61Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 7.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 7.50Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 7.21Breda Open 2019: 7.87Parla Open 2019: 7.31Rhein-Neckar Open 2019: 7.94WCA World Championship 2019: 7.87Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019: 7.44SacCubing VIII 2019: 7.82Berkeley Summer 2019: 7.39Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 7.99Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 8.53Rocky Top 2019: 8.36Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 7.45SacCubing X 2021: 7.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 7.97PBs in Palisades 2023: 7.24Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 8.37Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 8.90Berkeley Fall 2025: 7.09Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 7.646.3752.5325 Aug 200729 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.