People · United States
William Duong
2×2 · top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023DUON01
William Duong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Let's Cube Long Beach 2025, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,103rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2023, he has put 236 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.55 in January 2023 to 12.46, a 25% improvement. William has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 4.03 | top 7.9% | 3,103 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.46 | 15.26 | top 15.5% | 8,292 / 59,724 |
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
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.43 at USC Cubing 2024.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: Chula Vista Winter 2023. A 19.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Temecula Valley Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023
- Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023 · 6 May 2023
- A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Roth — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- August Barnard — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.