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William Boards

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009BOAR01

William Boards has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.26, set at Cube On in Richardson 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 994th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since June 2009, he has put 620 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.93 in June 2009 to 7.26, a 65% improvement. William has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.26
signature single · Cube On in Richardson 2025
620
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.268.98
top 1.6%994 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.0921.98
top 6.3%868 / 15,683
2×22.464.26
top 8.5%3,352 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.439.44
top 9.9%2,552 / 28,708
4×451.841:01.39
top 27.0%4,153 / 19,072
Square-11:43.552:24.03
top 97.2%6,604 / 6,743

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

Dallas Open 2009: 20.93Houston Open 2009: 17.78Austin Fall competition 2009: 15.65Oklahoma Open 2010: 12.27Dallas Open 2011: 11.47United States National Championships 2012: 11.27Carroll Spring Open 2014: 9.40Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015: 10.25Dallas Back to School 2015: 8.51CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019: 10.44MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023: 8.22DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 8.18Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 8.77DFW Cubing Fall 2023: 8.07DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 8.73Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024: 9.14Texas Championship 2024: 7.72DFW Cubing Summer 2025: 8.60Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.90Cube On in Richardson 2025: 7.26DFW Cubing Winter 2026: 8.39GAN Southern Championship 2026: 7.66DFW Cubing Summer 2026: 8.557.2620.9313 Jun 200929 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.