People · United Kingdom
William du Plessis
3×3 · top 35.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025PLES02
William du Plessis has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.36, set at Wiltshire Summer 2026, puts him in the top 35.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,375th in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since December 2025, he has put 54 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.61 in December 2025 to 18.36, a 22% improvement. William has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.36 | 19.87 | top 35.2% | 2,375 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.02 | 1:27.25 | top 41.8% | 903 / 2,071 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.65 at Wiltshire Spring 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First competition: Wiltshire Winter 2025. A 23.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wiltshire Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol June 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
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.
- Samuel Hunt — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- AJ Nicholls — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Oliver Wheat — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.36 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 5.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.