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Sam Richmond

3×3 · top 60.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011RICH04

Sam Richmond has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.69, set at Washington DC Winter 2011, puts him in the top 60.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35,816th in the United States. Across 1 competition since February 2011, he has put 15 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 60.2% of 284,439 all-time
28.69
signature single · Washington DC Winter 2011
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×328.6936.45
top 60.2%35,816 / 59,724
2×29.8611.60
top 77.4%32,062 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed58.961:06.86
top 83.3%12,461 / 15,683

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 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.69 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.