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Willem Bowden

3×3 · top 74.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023BOWD01

Willem Bowden has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 37.76, set at Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023, puts him in the top 74.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,269th in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since April 2023, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:00.18 in April 2023 to 37.76, a 37% improvement. Willem has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 74.2% of 284,439 all-time
37.76
signature single · Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×337.7647.67
top 74.2%5,269 / 6,689
2×212.0418.16
top 84.5%4,293 / 4,895

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

Freo Cube-Off 2023: 1:00.18Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 37.76WA Open 2023: 42.4937.761:00.1816 Apr 202326 Aug 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 7.76 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.