People · United States
Brandon Williams
3×3 · top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024WILL59
Brandon Williams has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at UMBC Fall 2026, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,948th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2024, he has put 85 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Brandon 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 9.73 | top 5.2% | 2,948 / 60,666 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.60 | 1:22.05 | top 17.2% | 1,187 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 3.91 | top 20.5% | 8,154 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.74 | 10.46 | top 25.7% | 7,164 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.32 | 1:06.83 | top 38.0% | 6,217 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 16.69 | 18.89 | top 54.4% | 4,637 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 10.83 | 14.59 | top 59.9% | 11,147 / 19,164 |
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
- 7 Dec 2024First competition: River Hill Fall 2024. A 10.61 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at River Hill Fall 2024.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Rich Tayag — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Leland Pak — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Brad Hoffman — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 12.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.