People · New Zealand
Will Fairfax
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020FAIR01
Will Fairfax has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Southernmost Solving 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in New Zealand. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2020, he has put 429 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.97 in December 2020 to 8.85, a 32% improvement. Will has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.85 | 10.84 | top 4.6% | 120 / 2,145 | |
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 4.41 | top 12.0% | 234 / 1,627 | |
| 4×4 | 41.57 | 47.43 | top 14.0% | 112 / 745 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.63 | 1:23.86 | top 19.8% | 86 / 364 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.72 | 1:25.32 | top 21.0% | 81 / 284 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.23 | 9.65 | top 21.7% | 304 / 1,149 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.66 | 27.79 | top 27.9% | 151 / 607 | |
| 6×6 | 2:45.29 | 2:53.76 | top 33.6% | 65 / 150 | |
| 7×7 | 4:15.09 | 4:32.94 | early days — 3 solves | 58 / 126 | |
| Square-1 | 24.14 | 31.89 | top 37.2% | 111 / 254 | |
| Skewb | 9.04 | 11.72 | top 48.8% | 353 / 670 | |
| Clock | 19.51 | 20.89 | top 63.2% | 225 / 319 |
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
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Southernmost Solving 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Southernmost Solving 2023.
- 2 Sep 2022Ten personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Six personal bests in one day at Puzzling Porirua 2022.
- 10 Jul 2021Six personal bests in one day at Southern Scramble Dunedin 2021.
- 8 Jan 2021Three personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2021.
Competitions
- Southernmost Solving 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 10 personal bests set
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Southern Scramble Dunedin 2021 · 10 Jul 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2021 · 15 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Twisty Taranaki 2021 · 20 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Mind Games 2021 · 6 Feb 2021 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Auckland 2021 · 8 Jan 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2020 · 11 Dec 2020 — 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.
- Alex Asbery — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Liam Wadek — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Adrien Auvray Matyn — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.