People · Australia
Will Gurnett
3×3 · top 0.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016GURN01
Will Gurnett has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.18, set at Solving in Sale 2019, puts him in the top 0.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Australia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since November 2016, he has put 1,513 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.96 in November 2016 to 6.18, a 59% improvement. Will has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.18 | 8.03 | top 0.6% | 62 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 1.09 | 1.89 | top 0.75% | 76 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 2.26 | 3.97 | top 2.1% | 72 / 3,534 | |
| Square-1 | 7.36 | 10.62 | top 2.2% | 26 / 899 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.62 | 15.67 | top 2.5% | 63 / 2,659 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.71 | 4.37 | top 2.7% | 131 / 5,993 | |
| Megaminx | 47.39 | 54.01 | top 4.0% | 54 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 31.79 | 35.26 | top 4.0% | 111 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.36 | 1:08.40 | top 5.7% | 76 / 1,356 | |
| 6×6 | 2:05.89 | 2:11.94 | top 13.6% | 80 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 3:21.48 | 3:32.07 | top 16.8% | 76 / 523 | |
| Clock | 10.12 | 13.05 | top 25.7% | 283 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 38.00 | top 26.7% | 132 / 468 |
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
- 13 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Solving in Sale 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Brilliant Ballarat 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2018.
- 6 Oct 2018Ten personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2018.
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Horsham Winter 2018.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019
- Solving in Sale 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mental Mania 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 10 personal bests set
- Horsham Winter 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2018 · 6 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- ASFA Speedcubing 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Canberra Spring 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 10 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 16 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Classic 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 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.
- Tommy Kiprillis — met in 271 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 258 rounds, finished ahead 170 times
- Andy Gong — met in 241 rounds, finished ahead 104 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.