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Archer Williston
3×3 · top 42.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025WILL39
Archer Williston has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.74, set at Edmonton Winter 2026, puts him in the top 42.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,222nd in Canada. Across 4 competitions since September 2025, he has put 69 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.27 in September 2025 to 20.74, a 29% improvement. Archer 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 20.74 | 25.22 | top 42.0% | 4,222 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.60 | 13.90 | top 49.9% | 2,384 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 5.95 | 9.11 | top 50.4% | 3,634 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,371 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 18.47 | 25.64 | top 87.1% | 2,574 / 2,907 | |
| Square-1 | 1:19.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 875 / 952 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:25.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,397 / 2,620 | |
| Clock | 46.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 981 / 1,029 |
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
- 22 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Grand Slam of Cubing: Lloydminster 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Solved Central Alberta 2025. A 29.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Battle of Alberta 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Grand Slam of Cubing: Lloydminster 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
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.
- Benjamin Ragan — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Laura Plourde — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aloysius Pade — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.