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Watson Riddle

2×2 · top 10.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023RIDD03

Watson Riddle has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.62, set at T-Town Showdown AL 2024, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,980th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since December 2023, he has put 178 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.93 in December 2023 to 18.13, a 13% improvement. Watson has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.62
signature single · T-Town Showdown AL 2024
178
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.625.35
top 10.1%3,980 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.889.41
top 12.4%3,236 / 28,708
Skewb5.588.80
top 22.6%3,597 / 18,907
Clock11.2812.17
top 31.5%2,469 / 8,927
3×318.1321.32
top 34.5%19,233 / 59,724
Megaminx2:17.402:33.55
top 55.0%4,126 / 7,841
4×41:20.111:37.68
top 56.0%9,609 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed38.3048.74
top 62.8%8,881 / 15,683
5×52:50.553:13.06
top 74.8%6,670 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves61 moves70.67
early days — 3 solves1,939 / 2,040

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

Rocky Top 2023: 20.93Volunteer State Cubing 2024: 19.79Alabama Championship 2024: 19.09Bama Big Cubes 2024: 23.14T-Town Showdown AL 2024: 18.13Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024: 18.6718.1323.142 Dec 202324 Aug 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.