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Rory Richards
3×3 · top 21.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025RICH10
Rory Richards has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.07, set at Unorthodox Blocks 5 CO 2026, puts him in the top 21.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,437th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since July 2025, he has put 81 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.94 in July 2025 to 14.07, a 33% improvement. Rory has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 14.07 | 17.27 | top 21.2% | 11,437 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 5.52 | top 25.6% | 10,051 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 58.35 | 1:14.42 | top 34.7% | 5,585 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 13.78 | 14.61 | top 42.9% | 3,445 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 8.72 | 11.26 | top 46.5% | 8,232 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.41 | 2:19.07 | top 49.5% | 4,153 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:53.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,147 / 7,841 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.07 at Unorthodox Blocks 5 CO 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.13 at DeNxNver 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at DeNxNver 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025First competition: Colorado Springs Summer 2025. A 20.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Colorado 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Unorthodox Blocks 5 CO 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Colorado Springs Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
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 Hoing — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sula Mareska — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Wilson — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.07 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.