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Laurence Williams

2×2 · top 16.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022WILL33

Laurence Williams has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.20, set at South Australian Open 2023, puts him in the top 16.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,263rd in Australia. Across 14 competitions since August 2022, he has put 271 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.05 in August 2022 to 18.27, a 59% improvement. Laurence has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.20
signature single · South Australian Open 2023
271
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.209.97
top 16.6%1,263 / 8,567
3×318.2724.86
top 34.9%3,355 / 11,709
Pyraminx8.2215.32
top 38.1%2,041 / 5,993
4×41:54.43
top 79.1%2,398 / 3,051
Skewb15.9221.60
top 81.1%2,834 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed55.78
top 81.3%2,049 / 2,659
Clock52.81
early days — 2 solves1,075 / 1,095

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

Clare Valley Cubing 2022: 44.05South Australian Open 2022: 32.98Adelaide Summer 2023: 37.51Adelaide Autumn 2023: 26.41Adelaide Winter Saturday 2023: 24.01South Australian Open 2023: 18.27Australian Nationals 2023: 24.11Playford Cubing 2023: 22.34Adelaide Summer 2024: 26.08All Welcome Adelaide 2024: 24.98Australian Nationals 2024: 28.95Unley Spring 2024: 27.05Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024: 27.1918.2744.0521 Aug 202224 Nov 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.