People · Canada
Roel Richard
3×3 · top 7.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025RICH12
Roel Richard has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.86, set at PoCo Classics 2026, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 671st in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.71 in September 2025 to 9.86, a 37% improvement. Roel 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.86 | 12.66 | top 7.1% | 671 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 48.16 | 56.03 | top 22.4% | 582 / 3,180 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.08 | 11.15 | top 45.5% | 2,157 / 4,913 |
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
- 18 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at PoCo Classics 2026.
- 3 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025First competition: Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025. A 15.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- PoCo Classics 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 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.
- Preston Chang — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jeremy Xiang — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 8.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.