People · Australia
Tom Richards
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020RICH03
Tom Richards has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.99, set at Melbourne Summer 2023, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 450th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2020, he has put 404 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.48 in February 2020 to 8.99, a 49% improvement. Tom has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.99 | 10.26 | top 4.8% | 450 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 4.04 | top 6.3% | 458 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 38.52 | 43.89 | top 10.4% | 270 / 3,051 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.35 | 6.70 | top 15.4% | 745 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 5.15 | 7.08 | top 19.3% | 507 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.59 | 1:42.99 | top 29.8% | 372 / 1,277 | |
| Clock | 11.28 | 13.93 | top 31.5% | 329 / 1,095 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.76 | 1:48.63 | top 32.1% | 431 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.81 | 28.63 | top 36.3% | 825 / 2,659 | |
| Square-1 | 48.41 | — | top 74.6% | 700 / 899 |
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
- 20 Jan 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 12 Feb 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Brilliant Ballarat 2022.
- 21 Jan 2022Nine personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2022.
- 23 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 10.77 at Melbourne Summer 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021Eight personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2021.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- December Series: Kensington 2021 · 19 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021 · 14 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 8 personal bests set
- Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020 · 23 Feb 2020
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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.