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William Balz

3×3 · top 88.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015BALZ02

William Balz has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 54.11, set at Weston Spring 2016, puts him in the top 88.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54,257th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2015, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. William has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 88.7% of 284,439 all-time
54.11
signature single · Weston Spring 2016
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×354.111:08.00
top 88.7%54,257 / 59,724
2×214.9320.02
top 90.4%37,600 / 40,951

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

MIT Fall 2015: 59.58Weston Spring 2016: 54.1154.1159.5812 Dec 20152 Apr 2016

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

The story so far

  • 12 Dec 2015First competition: MIT Fall 2015. A 59.58 3×3 single to start from.

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.

  • Ethan Mash — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Eric Zhao — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 4.11 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.