People · United Kingdom
Paul Williams
3×3 · top 69.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025WILL43
Paul Williams has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.94, set at Nānākuli Liʻi ʻOkakopa B 2026, puts him in the top 69.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,959th in the United Kingdom. Across 5 competitions since October 2025, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.22 in October 2025 to 33.94, a 48% improvement. Paul has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 33.94 | 49.64 | top 69.0% | 4,959 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 10.40 | 14.62 | top 79.4% | 4,120 / 4,946 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-60 3×3: 59.51 at Leeds Spring 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Hampshire Autumn 2025. A 1:05.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nānākuli Liʻi ʻOkakopa B 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol June 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Leeds Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hampshire Autumn 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
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.
- AJ Nicholls — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jake Williams — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 180,530 people have one; it is 3.94 away.
- A sub-10 2×2 single — 147,358 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.