People · United States
Bill Berry
3×3 · top 42.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2007 · 2007BERR01
Bill Berry has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.02, set at UPenn Spring competition 2009, puts him in the top 42.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,485th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since April 2007, he has put 148 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.88 in April 2007 to 21.02, a 50% improvement. Bill has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 21.02 | 28.82 | top 42.8% | 24,485 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 8.18 | 11.81 | top 68.9% | 28,509 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.84 | — | top 81.6% | 15,204 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:27.18 | 5:11.17 | top 85.8% | 7,956 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 69 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,014 / 2,040 | |
| 6×6 | 8:57.06 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,158 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 14:03.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,178 / 3,184 |
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
- 17 May 2008Three personal bests in one day at Washington DC Open 2008.
- 16 Feb 2008First sub-30 3×3: 25.66 at Kearny Kardinal competition 2008.
- 22 Apr 2007First competition: Rutgers Spring competition 2007. A 41.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Captain's Cove competition 2009 · 23 May 2009
- UPenn Spring competition 2009 · 21 Mar 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Drexel Winter 2009 · 14 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009
- Newark Winter 2009 · 7 Feb 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Westchester Fall 2008 · 22 Nov 2008
- Drexel Fall 2008 · 15 Nov 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008 · 14 Jun 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Captain's Cove competition 2008 · 24 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Washington DC Open 2008 · 17 May 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Open 2008 · 22 Mar 2008
- Kearny Kardinal competition 2008 · 16 Feb 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Captain's Cove competition 2007 · 26 May 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring competition 2007 · 22 Apr 2007
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.
- Patrick Jameson — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bob Burton — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dan Cohen — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.