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William Duncan

3×3 · top 42.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018DUNC01

William Duncan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.02, set at New Zealand Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 42.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 880th in New Zealand. Across 4 competitions since May 2018, he has put 56 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.62 in May 2018 to 21.02, a 15% improvement. William has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.8% of 284,439 all-time
21.02
signature single · New Zealand Nationals 2019
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×321.0224.19
top 42.8%880 / 2,095
Pyraminx10.4736.35
top 56.6%721 / 1,141
2×29.7816.16
top 77.1%1,271 / 1,615
3×3 one-handed54.941:03.72
top 80.7%468 / 600

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

Palmerston North 2018: 24.62Auckland Spring 2018: 24.10New Zealand Nationals 2019: 21.02Nimble Napier 2021: 22.1921.0224.6227 May 201819 Jun 2021

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.