People · United States
William Blackburn
3×3 · top 34.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015BLAC01
William Blackburn has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.17, set at Berkeley Winter 2016, puts him in the top 34.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,648th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since September 2015, he has put 62 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.72 in September 2015 to 18.17, a 48% improvement. William has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.17 | 21.70 | top 34.7% | 19,648 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.13 | 19.27 | top 54.0% | 16,005 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 6.32 | 9.18 | top 54.2% | 22,519 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 11.61 | 14.65 | top 64.1% | 12,073 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.92 | 1:18.64 | top 82.7% | 12,525 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 2:04.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,950 / 19,354 |
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
- 20 Feb 2016Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2016.
- 3 Jan 2016First sub-20 3×3: 18.58 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016.
- 7 Nov 2015First sub-30 3×3: 22.50 at Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015.
- 12 Sep 2015First competition: Berkeley Summer 2015. A 34.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016 · 3 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2015 · 22 Nov 2015
- Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 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.
- Milo Jacquet — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Riley Woo — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sirish Nutakki — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.17 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 69,370 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.