People · United States
William Collin Nester
3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023NEST02
William Collin Nester has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.07, set at FSUbers 8.0 2025, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,218th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2023, he has put 77 official solves on the record across eleven events. William has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.07 | 12.62 | top 7.7% | 4,218 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.39 | 23.13 | top 13.6% | 1,755 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.22 | 1:24.37 | top 17.0% | 1,317 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 4.10 | top 20.1% | 7,889 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 18.15 | 26.46 | top 23.7% | 1,565 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 9.74 | 10.49 | top 23.8% | 1,828 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 51.28 | 52.21 | top 26.3% | 4,046 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.28 | 1:43.90 | top 34.8% | 2,474 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.14 | 3:07.52 | early days — 3 solves | 1,377 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:26.40 | 4:30.35 | top 39.9% | 1,133 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:36.66 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,734 / 2,092 |
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
- 10 Jun 2023First competition: FSUbers 4.5 2023.
Competitions
- FSUbers 10.0 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 8.0 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- FSUbers 4.5 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 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.
- Tommy Cherry — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sean Hartman — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Porter — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.