In the past year (2023), Richard Yiheng Tao competed in 9 competitions and 207 rounds across 15 events, from Jan 28th to Dec 10th.
Records
He broke 4 records, including 1 OcR and 3 NRs.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 35 times across 13 events, including 11 golds, 12 silvers, and 12 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Clock | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 3 | 1 | |
| Square-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 1 | 1 | |
| Pyraminx | | 2 | |
| Megaminx | | 1 | 2 |
| Skewb | | 1 | |
| 6x6x6 Cube | | | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | | | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 977 solves and completed 951.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 145 | 145 |
| Pyraminx | 109 | 110 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 98 | 100 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 85 | 85 |
| Skewb | 85 | 85 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 80 | 80 |
| Megaminx | 80 | 80 |
| Square-1 | 73 | 75 |
| Clock | 67 | 70 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 65 | 65 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 24 | 24 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 24 | 24 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 12 | 30 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 3 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 1 | 1 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 80 times across 15 events, including 31 singles and 49 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Megaminx | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Skewb | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Clock | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Square-1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Pyraminx | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 1:38.67 | 49.43 | 49.24 (99.62%) |
| Pyraminx | 1.73 | 1.15 | 0.58 (50.43%) |
| Clock | 4.45 | 3.05 | 1.40 (45.90%) |
| Megaminx | 49.93 | 37.35 | 12.58 (33.68%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:10.45 | 1:45.02 | 25.43 (24.21%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:05.24 | 52.58 | 12.66 (24.08%) |
| Square-1 | 9.40 | 7.73 | 1.67 (21.60%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 5.94 | 5.03 | 0.91 (18.09%) |
| Skewb | 3.01 | 2.55 | 0.46 (18.04%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 33 | 28 | 5 (17.86%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:18.13 | 2:55.78 | 22.35 (12.71%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 12.09 | 10.88 | 1.21 (11.12%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 27.17 | 25.73 | 1.44 (5.60%) |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | - | 2/2 16:57 | - |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| Megaminx | 57.97 | 45.17 | 12.80 (28.34%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:18.09 | 1:50.33 | 27.76 (25.16%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:12.47 | 58.26 | 14.21 (24.39%) |
| Clock | 5.24 | 4.29 | 0.95 (22.14%) |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 4.07 | 0.87 (21.38%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 36.67 | 30.67 | 6 (19.56%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 14.79 | 12.98 | 1.81 (13.94%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 34.50 | 30.31 | 4.19 (13.82%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:29.99 | 3:04.69 | 25.30 (13.70%) |
| Square-1 | 10.73 | 9.56 | 1.17 (12.24%) |
| Pyraminx | 2.64 | 2.38 | 0.26 (10.92%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 7.50 | 7.15 | 0.35 (4.90%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1.94 | 1.89 | 0.05 (2.65%) |
Cubers
He met 2027 cubers from 60 countries/regions, 180 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 1847 |
| 2 | 104 |
| 3 | 46 |
| 4 | 22 |
| 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 |
| All | 2027 |
Regions
He competed in 3 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Korea | 1 |
