People · United States
Sam Richard
2×2 · top 35.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014RICH04
Sam Richard has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.71, set at Northern Neck Winter 2019, puts him in the top 35.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,487th in the United States. Across 23 competitions since August 2014, he has put 255 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.01 in August 2014 to 22.73, a 27% improvement. Sam has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.71 | 8.32 | top 35.7% | 14,487 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.79 | 17.63 | top 43.0% | 12,521 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 22.73 | 26.07 | top 47.4% | 27,860 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.27 | 2:01.37 | top 70.2% | 12,763 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 3:11.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,596 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 32.95 | 34.63 | top 87.8% | 8,028 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:09.58 | 1:24.33 | top 88.8% | 13,717 / 15,900 |
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
- 7 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Maryland 2017.
- 31 Jul 2015First sub-30 3×3: 27.29 at US Nationals 2015.
- 1 Aug 2014First competition: US Nationals 2014. A 31.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- TJHSST Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020
- Northern Neck Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
- Solving Hunger Virginia 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Neck Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014
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.
- Will Callan — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Greigg — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zayn Khanani — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.