People · United States
William Beattie
2×2 · top 5.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024BEAT02
William Beattie has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at Iowa Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,245th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2024, he has put 390 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.52 in March 2024 to 10.72, a 56% improvement. William has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 4.90 | top 5.6% | 2,245 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 5.51 | 6.71 | top 5.7% | 458 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 10.72 | 14.60 | top 9.7% | 5,332 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.31 | 8.25 | top 15.2% | 4,043 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.90 | 1:58.73 | top 29.0% | 2,303 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 53.72 | 57.46 | top 29.3% | 4,632 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 6.65 | 12.14 | top 31.0% | 5,176 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.22 | 33.64 | top 42.6% | 5,799 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 26.81 | 34.78 | top 43.1% | 2,844 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.21 | — | top 50.4% | 3,826 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 4:06.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,680 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 6:19.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,266 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:49.17 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,797 / 2,128 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Iowa Championship 2026.
- 5 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at St. Ansgar 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at Iowa State 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.56 at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024.
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.80 at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024.
Competitions
- Iowa Championship 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- St. Ansgar 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Quad Cities Sunday 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- Quad Cities Saturday 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Clock on the Madison Rocks 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Ansgar 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Countless Cubes Chicagoland A 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Max McGill — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Charles Bois — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,444 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.