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William Carey

2×2 · top 0.54% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019CARE02

William Carey has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.99, set at Dublin Summer Solving 2025, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Ireland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 69 competitions since August 2019, he has put 4,222 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.72 in August 2019 to 7.15, a 70% improvement. William has entered 69 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.54% of 189,179 all-time
0.99
signature single · Dublin Summer Solving 2025
4,222
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×20.992.38
top 0.54%10 / 1,190
Pyraminx1.592.95
top 0.54%9 / 924
Skewb1.702.39
top 0.73%6 / 632
Clock3.343.97
top 1.3%6 / 342
3×37.158.87
top 1.5%30 / 1,465
Square-18.8013.81
top 4.2%16 / 198
4×433.2537.01
top 5.2%33 / 586
3×3 blindfolded44.0355.92
top 8.0%9 / 59
Megaminx57.331:06.76
top 8.6%32 / 288
5×51:05.881:11.70
top 9.1%29 / 300
3×3 one-handed16.0618.14
top 10.4%38 / 454
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 12 cubes · 54:38—
top 17.1%8 / 24
6×62:28.922:35.63
top 25.2%39 / 144
4×4 blindfolded6:33.91—
early days — 3 solves8 / 16
7×74:18.764:40.36
top 37.3%39 / 108
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves40.33
top 41.0%36 / 88

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

Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019: 23.72Every Event Éire 2019: 14.72Don't DNF Dublin 2020: 17.07Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021: 20.06Seaside Solving Saturday 2022: 24.13Dublin Open Saturday 2022: 17.40Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 17.20Irish Championship 2022: 17.30Tuam Open Saturday 2022: 15.00Belfast Winter 2023: 15.33Cork Spring 2023: 12.62Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023: 12.87Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 12.41It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 11.48Irish Championship 2023: 11.43Solving by the Shannon 2023: 9.60Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023: 10.56Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023: 12.64Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 13.96Meath Autumn 2023: 10.50Tuam Winter 2023: 11.38Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 11.00Rebel County Cubing 2024: 9.78Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 10.73Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024: 8.90Cork Spring 2024: 10.09Solving In Sale 2024: 11.12UCD Cube Days 2024: 10.3250 and Counting Ireland 2024: 9.17Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2024: 10.76Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 8.29Midlands Mix-up 2024: 9.21Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 12.10Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Saturday 2024: 10.15Dublin Summer Solving 2024: 7.73Mayo Cubing 2024: 9.33Meath for Speed 2024: 9.05Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 10.60Marble City Cubing IE 2025: 8.97Cork Spring 2025: 9.08Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 7.75UCD Cube Days 2025: 9.44Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025: 8.52PBs in Phibblestown 2025: 7.18Dublin Summer Solving 2025: 8.75Meath for Speed 2025: 8.81Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 8.30Dublin Autumn Solving 2025: 9.44Mayo Cubing 2025: 7.59Re-Laois the Cubers 2025: 8.43Solving by the Barrow 2025: 7.84Leopardstown Cube Races 2025: 8.54Dublin Pick 'N' Mix 2026: 8.60Lets Go Carlow 2026: 9.04Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 8.19TUD Unscramble Day 2026: 8.30UCD Cube Days 2026: 8.39Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.74Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 7.15Éire 100 2026: 8.69Dublin Autumn Solving 2026: 8.137.1524.1331 Aug 201926 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.

  • Ben Timmons — met in 840 rounds, finished ahead 428 times
  • Rían Burke — met in 629 rounds, finished ahead 263 times
  • Simon Kelly — met in 614 rounds, finished ahead 471 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.