People · United Kingdom
Will Lambert
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018LAMB02
Will Lambert has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Farnworth Spring B 2022, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 259th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2018, he has put 793 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.70 in January 2018 to 8.20, a 40% improvement. Will has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.20 | 9.99 | top 3.1% | 259 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.01 | 4.09 | top 4.8% | 351 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 34.98 | 41.56 | top 6.7% | 166 / 2,071 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.81 | 6.00 | top 12.0% | 474 / 3,656 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.85 | 1:27.38 | top 18.2% | 238 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.52 | 25.69 | top 21.9% | 413 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 6.20 | 10.83 | top 27.3% | 637 / 2,421 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.75 | 1:49.63 | top 33.2% | 373 / 966 | |
| 6×6 | 2:46.86 | 2:49.02 | top 34.4% | 198 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 4:46.36 | 5:05.22 | top 46.5% | 227 / 459 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 289 / 372 | |
| Clock | 28.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,031 / 1,232 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 26:27 | — | early days — 1 solve | 118 / 126 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025.
- 8 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.20 at Farnworth Spring B 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Farnworth Spring B 2022.
- 9 Feb 2019Six personal bests in one day at Fontwell Open 2019.
Competitions
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Exeter Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Farnworth Spring B 2022 · 10 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fontwell Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Peterborough Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Welsh Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Charlie Stark — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Oliver Wheat — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.