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William Cooper

2×2 · top 25.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024COOP01

William Cooper has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.91, set at Vanderbilt Winter 2025, puts him in the top 25.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,944th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2024, he has put 62 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.05 in March 2024 to 15.69, a 32% improvement. William has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 25.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.91
signature single · Vanderbilt Winter 2025
62
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.915.02
top 25.3%9,944 / 40,951
3×315.6919.41
top 26.8%14,636 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.789.07
top 34.4%9,702 / 28,708
Skewb12.1415.97
top 66.7%12,462 / 18,907
4×41:52.34
early days — 2 solves14,377 / 19,072

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

Concordia Turning Spring 2024: 23.05Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024: 17.30Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 15.6915.6923.0516 Mar 202418 Jan 2025

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.