People · United States
Troy Richardson
Clock · top 9.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024RICH14
Troy Richardson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.53, set at Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 717th in the United States. Until June 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2024, he has put 67 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.31 in May 2024 to 18.87, a 31% improvement. Troy 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.53 | 9.43 | top 9.2% | 717 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 6.36 | top 17.8% | 6,967 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 18.87 | 23.85 | top 36.7% | 20,660 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 9.98 | 15.19 | top 54.8% | 9,950 / 18,907 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.87 at Scenic City Scramble TN 2024.
- 11 May 2024First competition: Alabama Championship 2024. A 27.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Scenic City Scramble TN 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 2024
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.
- Oliver Rojahn — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sawyer Adams — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Katie Hull — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.