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Will Barnes
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013BARN01
Will Barnes has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.79, set at Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,446th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2013, he has put 257 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.84 in January 2013 to 8.79, a 36% improvement. Will has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.79 | 10.89 | top 4.4% | 2,446 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 39.94 | 45.86 | top 12.1% | 1,790 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.75 | 1:28.50 | top 17.4% | 1,349 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 3.67 | top 18.9% | 7,396 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.20 | 9.03 | top 19.7% | 3,143 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 2:29.90 | 2:45.17 | top 25.5% | 910 / 4,196 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.23 | 9.09 | top 29.8% | 8,250 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.67 | 26.37 | top 30.6% | 3,957 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 11.74 | 13.52 | top 33.7% | 2,663 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 4:19.09 | 4:26.28 | early days — 3 solves | 1,043 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 24.67 | 30.53 | top 38.5% | 2,494 / 6,743 |
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 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.79 at Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025.
- 19 Jan 2013First competition: Dixon Winter 2013. A 15.78 3×3 single to start from.
- 19 Jan 2013First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Dixon Winter 2013.
Competitions
- Back to School Utah 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Cubing with Culture 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Washtenaw Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dixon Winter 2013 · 19 Jan 2013 — 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.
- Isaac Myers — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Wilson Hettinger — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Damian Wilding — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.