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Ned Williamson

3×3 · top 26.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2005 · 2005WILL01

Ned Williamson has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.68, set at Dayton Fall 2011, puts him in the top 26.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,607th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2005, he has put 110 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.62 in November 2005 to 15.68, a 65% improvement. Ned has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.68
signature single · Dayton Fall 2011
110
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.6819.05
top 26.7%14,607 / 59,724
2×24.275.80
top 30.0%11,893 / 40,951
4×41:10.861:22.54
top 47.7%7,955 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed52.061:14.97
top 78.6%11,550 / 15,683

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

Rubik's World Championship 2005: 44.62Cincinnati Spring Open 2008: 27.86Cincinnati Summer Open 2008: 21.31Lexington Fall Open 2008: 20.56United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 21.43United States National Championships 2011: 19.02Dayton Fall 2011: 15.6815.6844.625 Nov 200515 Oct 2011

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.