Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Riley Workman

People · United States

Riley Workman

2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016WORK02

Riley Workman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.00, set at Las Vegas Spring 2019, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,891st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since December 2016, he has put 706 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.39 in December 2016 to 10.17, a 58% improvement. Riley has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.00
signature single · Las Vegas Spring 2019
706
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.003.10
top 4.7%1,891 / 40,951
Skewb3.095.43
top 5.4%840 / 18,907
3×310.1711.34
top 8.0%4,387 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed16.1420.61
top 10.5%1,394 / 15,683
4×441.0445.55
top 13.3%1,982 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.106.51
top 13.8%3,602 / 28,708
Clock9.2311.63
top 21.2%1,634 / 8,927
5×51:24.321:34.92
top 22.7%1,755 / 9,401
Square-117.9521.14
top 23.3%1,537 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves41.33
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
7×74:14.984:43.47
top 36.1%1,012 / 3,184
6×62:53.633:05.81
top 37.9%1,371 / 4,196
Megaminx1:49.532:00.23
top 40.1%2,899 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded3:01.82—
top 53.0%1,121 / 2,092

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

Skillcon 2016: 24.39Southern Championships 2017: 17.54Skillcon 2017: 15.56Utah Winter Open 2018: 15.14Las Vegas Spring 2018: 12.45Utah Spring Open 2018: 11.98Southern Utah Fall Open 2018: 12.98Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 11.53Utah Valley Open 2019: 10.51Las Vegas Spring 2019: 11.44Utah's April Surprise 2019: 10.17Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2019: 10.76Southern Utah Fall Open 2019: 10.19Big and Skewb Utah 2019: 10.7910.1724.3917 Dec 201616 Nov 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.