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Joseph Williams

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018WILL27

Joseph Williams has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Manchester Open 2020, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 309th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2018, he has put 571 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.73 in September 2018 to 8.55, a 27% improvement. Joseph has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.55
signature single · Manchester Open 2020
571
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×38.5510.02
top 3.8%309 / 6,689
2×21.962.91
top 4.5%325 / 4,895
Megaminx53.691:07.64
top 6.8%90 / 966
3×3 one-handed16.8620.24
top 12.2%239 / 1,851
3×3 blindfolded58.511:57.78
top 12.6%67 / 311
4×440.3943.22
top 12.6%293 / 2,071
5×51:14.551:20.16
top 15.0%198 / 1,151
Pyraminx5.407.10
top 15.8%604 / 3,656
6×62:19.972:27.51
top 20.5%121 / 548
Skewb5.788.09
top 24.1%542 / 2,421
Clock10.7312.55
top 28.8%380 / 1,232
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 8 cubes · 38:10—
early days — 2 solves54 / 126
7×74:03.124:22.19
top 31.9%154 / 459
4×4 blindfolded7:48.46—
early days — 1 solve51 / 84
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves47.67
top 44.7%181 / 372
Square-11:06.44—
early days — 1 solve697 / 778

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

Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 11.73UK Championship 2018: 11.28Cambridge Open 2018: 11.12Chester Open 2019: 10.04British Summer Open 2019: 10.44Nisei Week 2019: 10.82UK Championship 2019: 9.63Guildford Open 2020: 9.43Manchester Open 2020: 8.55Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 8.638.5511.7322 Sep 201825 May 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.