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William Baek

3×3 · top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BAEK02

William Baek has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.40, set at Singapore Double or Nothing Parity Mayhem 2026, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 148th in the United States. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since November 2023, he has put 833 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.46 in November 2023 to 5.40, a 77% improvement. William has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time
5.40
signature single · Singapore Double or Nothing Parity Mayhem 2026
833
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.406.36
top 0.22%148 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed11.9016.04
top 2.8%448 / 15,683
4×431.1740.13
top 3.6%572 / 19,072
2×22.013.22
top 4.8%1,927 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.246.98
top 8.9%2,289 / 28,708
Clock6.888.31
top 10.5%812 / 8,927
Megaminx1:09.721:25.00
top 15.5%1,054 / 7,841
Skewb5.9914.74
top 25.6%4,175 / 18,907
5×51:29.561:43.84
top 26.9%2,101 / 9,401
6×63:07.963:33.26
top 44.6%1,649 / 4,196

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

Johor Mini 2023: 23.46PSKG Premiere Cubing 2024: 10.76Singapore Mini 2024: 12.98Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024: 10.64Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2024: 9.72Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 8.77Cool Down Singapore 2024: 8.28Singapore Freeze 2024: 9.61Singapore NxNxN 2024: 8.61Rapid Academy Indonesian Championship 2024: 8.28Singapore Championship 2025: 8.17PSKG Premiere Cubing 2025: 7.25Singapore Newcomers 2025: 7.60No Parity Mayhem Singapore 2025: 7.40Cupika Jakarta Cube Feast 2025: 7.06Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025: 7.78Jawa Timur Open 2025: 6.87Singapore Megaland July 2025: 7.67Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2025: 6.81PHS Johor Cube Open 2025: 6.58Singapore Kempinski Open 2025: 6.85Balam Cubes Baywalk Sides 2025: 5.63Singapore Sprint November 2025: 6.45Korean Championship 2025: 7.74Singapore Championship 2026: 7.15Back to Downtown Singapore 2026: 5.76Singapore Pyraminx March 2026: 6.69Singapore Skewby March 2026: 5.69MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026: 6.17Singapore Polytechnic Sprint 2026: 6.20Singapore Double or Nothing Parity Mayhem 2026: 5.40Seoul Summer 2026: 6.72Kalibata Agustusan 2026: 6.25Singapore Augu-Skewb Day 2026: 6.01Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2026: 5.435.4023.4625 Nov 20235 Sep 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.