People · United States
Will Faust
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016FAUS01
Will Faust has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Hillsboro Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,569th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2016, he has put 387 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.58 in November 2016 to 8.85, a 67% improvement. Will has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.85 | 9.94 | top 4.6% | 2,569 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 3.82 | top 5.2% | 2,098 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.06 | 1:14.36 | top 8.5% | 669 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 38.22 | 42.01 | top 10.1% | 1,523 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.59 | 8.31 | top 10.8% | 2,862 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.48 | 21.96 | top 21.8% | 2,835 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:49.23 | 2:49.89 | top 29.7% | 619 / 2,128 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | top 37.3% | 822 / 2,059 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.28 | 1:49.80 | top 39.0% | 2,864 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 7.95 | 12.47 | top 41.0% | 7,202 / 19,164 | |
| 6×6 | 3:15.97 | 3:27.74 | top 48.5% | 1,842 / 4,262 | |
| Square-1 | 31.89 | 39.67 | top 53.1% | 3,535 / 6,846 |
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
- 12 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at PDX Cubing for Causes 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at Hillsboro Open 2018.
- 10 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018.
- 27 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
- 10 Mar 2018Six personal bests in one day at Chiawana Cubing 2018.
- 24 Feb 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Oregon State 2018.
Competitions
- Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City First-Timers B 2022 · 8 May 2022
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hillsboro Open 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Rose City 2018 · 8 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Chiawana Cubing 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Oregon State 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016
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.
- Jason White — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Keenan Johnson — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
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 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.