In the past year (2024), Richard Yiheng Tao competed in 11 competitions and 167 rounds across 16 events, from Jan 19th to Dec 15th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 41 times across 10 events, including 10 golds, 21 silvers, and 10 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 3 | 1 | |
| Clock | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2 | 2 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 2 | 2 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 1 | | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | | 6 | 3 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | | 4 | |
| Pyraminx | | 2 | 1 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | | 1 | 1 |
| Square-1 | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 786 solves and completed 762.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 140 | 140 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 130 | 130 |
| Clock | 96 | 105 |
| Pyraminx | 92 | 95 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 65 | 65 |
| Skewb | 50 | 50 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 45 | 45 |
| Megaminx | 39 | 40 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 34 | 35 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 24 | 24 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 21 | 21 |
| Square-1 | 20 | 20 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 3 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 2 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 1 | 9 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 0 | 2 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 27 times across 11 events, including 11 singles and 16 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Clock | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pyraminx | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Skewb | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2023 | 2024 | Improvement |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 10.88 | 9.55 | 1.33 (13.93%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 2:55.78 | 2:40.32 | 15.46 (9.64%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 25.73 | 23.55 | 2.18 (9.26%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 52.58 | 48.32 | 4.26 (8.82%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:45.02 | 1:37.56 | 7.46 (7.65%) |
| Skewb | 2.55 | 2.40 | 0.15 (6.25%) |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 2/2 16:57 | 2/2 8:16 | 8:41 |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2023 | 2024 | Improvement |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:04.69 | 2:43.31 | 21.38 (13.09%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1.89 | 1.71 | 0.18 (10.53%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 58.26 | 52.99 | 5.27 (9.95%) |
| Pyraminx | 2.38 | 2.20 | 0.18 (8.18%) |
| Clock | 4.29 | 4.03 | 0.26 (6.45%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 12.98 | 12.25 | 0.73 (5.96%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 7.15 | 6.76 | 0.39 (5.77%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:50.33 | 1:44.88 | 5.45 (5.20%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 30.31 | 29.37 | 0.94 (3.20%) |
Cubers
He met 792 cubers from 29 countries/regions, 132 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 660 |
| 2 | 54 |
| 3 | 27 |
| 4 | 18 |
| 5 | 14 |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 |
| All | 792 |
Regions
He competed in 3 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| New Zealand | 9 |
| USA | 1 |
| Australia | 1 |
