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Will Belote

3×3 blindfolded · top 3.6% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015BELO03

Will Belote has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 27.85, set at Scuppernong Spectacular 2019, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since August 2015, he has put 904 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.64 in August 2015 to 9.59, a 56% improvement. Will has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 3.6% of 12,178 all-time
27.85
signature single · Scuppernong Spectacular 2019
904
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 blindfolded27.8536.42
top 3.6%69 / 2,092
Skewb2.855.29
top 4.3%658 / 18,907
Pyraminx3.304.81
top 4.7%1,221 / 28,708
3×39.5911.70
top 6.3%3,505 / 59,724
Square-110.1614.29
top 6.4%468 / 6,743
Megaminx1:03.081:08.60
top 11.6%783 / 7,841
Clock7.218.03
top 11.8%901 / 8,927
4×441.1248.81
top 13.4%2,001 / 19,072
2×22.943.91
top 13.6%5,331 / 40,951
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 17 cubes · 53:55—
early days — 2 solves105 / 731
4×4 blindfolded4:12.02—
top 15.9%59 / 440
3×3 one-handed19.1022.73
top 18.1%2,329 / 15,683
7×73:28.413:41.18
top 19.2%543 / 3,184
5×51:20.181:30.26
top 19.2%1,509 / 9,401
6×62:31.062:41.91
top 26.1%921 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
early days — 2 solves586 / 2,040
5×5 blindfolded14:49.00—
early days — 1 solve87 / 218

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

Atlanta Open 2015: 21.64Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 18.74ODU Big Blue Open 2015: 12.89Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 15.83Virginia Open Spring 2016: 14.78Alpharetta Open 2016: 13.56Duke Summer 2016: 14.31Hendersonville Fall 2017: 12.09South Carolina 2017: 12.68Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 15.73Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018: 13.51Hendersonville Winter 2019: 11.45Wolfpack Winter 2019: 11.99CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 10.27Richmond Spring 2019: 12.75Cape Fear Cubing 2019: 11.95CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.59Scuppernong Spectacular 2019: 10.64Gobbler Cube Day Fall 2019: 10.07Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019: 10.98Charlotte Winter 2020: 9.82Wellington Mind Games 2020: 10.41NxN Nonsense NC 2026: 12.069.5921.648 Aug 201522 Feb 2026

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-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 2.85 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.