In the past year (2025), Richard Yiheng Tao competed in 11 competitions and 173 rounds across 15 events, from Mar 16th to Dec 14th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 31 times across 9 events, including 3 golds, 15 silvers, and 13 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 1 | 3 | |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | | 2 | 2 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | | 2 | 1 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | | 2 | 1 |
| Clock | | 1 | 1 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | | | 2 |
| Pyraminx | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 815 solves and completed 800.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 135 | 135 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 120 | 120 |
| Pyraminx | 89 | 90 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 84 | 85 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 80 | 80 |
| Clock | 79 | 85 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 60 | 60 |
| Megaminx | 40 | 40 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 30 | 30 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 27 | 27 |
| Skewb | 25 | 25 |
| Square-1 | 25 | 25 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 3 | 9 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 3 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 0 | 1 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 35 times across 10 events, including 13 singles and 22 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Clock | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Skewb | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 0.85 | 0.67 | 0.18 (26.87%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 2:40.32 | 2:18.80 | 21.52 (15.50%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 48.32 | 43.62 | 4.70 (10.77%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 23.55 | 22.17 | 1.38 (6.22%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:37.56 | 1:32.37 | 5.19 (5.62%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 9.55 | 9.18 | 0.37 (4.03%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 28 | 27 | 1 (3.70%) |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 29.37 | 25.83 | 3.54 (13.70%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 12.25 | 10.85 | 1.40 (12.90%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 2:43.31 | 2:25.29 | 18.02 (12.40%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 52.99 | 47.52 | 5.47 (11.51%) |
| Clock | 4.03 | 3.77 | 0.26 (6.90%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:44.88 | 1:38.72 | 6.16 (6.24%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 6.76 | 6.53 | 0.23 (3.52%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1.71 | 1.69 | 0.02 (1.18%) |
| Skewb | 4.07 | 4.06 | 0.01 (0.25%) |
Cubers
He met 2125 cubers from 75 countries/regions, 140 of whom competed with him more than once. Ashley Foster was the only one who accompanied the whole 11 competitions.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 1985 |
| 2 | 51 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4 | 21 |
| 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 11 | 1 |
| All | 2125 |
Regions
He competed in 2 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| New Zealand | 10 |
| USA | 1 |
