People · United Kingdom
Will Roberts
3×3 · top 3.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015ROBE05
Will Roberts has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.57, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2023, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 318th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2015, he has put 215 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.73 in November 2015 to 8.57, a 67% improvement. Will has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.57 | 10.70 | top 3.9% | 318 / 6,785 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.96 | 21.65 | top 10.2% | 208 / 1,861 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.04 | top 12.9% | 800 / 4,946 | |
| 4×4 | 44.54 | 52.09 | top 17.8% | 415 / 2,112 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.18 | 10.68 | top 29.3% | 1,183 / 3,704 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.42 | 2:32.62 | top 64.7% | 817 / 1,167 | |
| Skewb | 14.53 | 15.64 | top 76.7% | 1,885 / 2,439 |
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
- 30 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage Spring 2022.
- 25 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 9.70 at UK Championship 2019.
- 25 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 9.70 at UK Championship 2019.
- 25 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at UK Championship 2019.
- 7 Nov 2015First competition: UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015. A 25.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chichester April 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Harry Savage — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.