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William Grimes

3×3 · top 23.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017GRIM01

William Grimes has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.75, set at DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018, puts him in the top 23.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,779th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2017, he has put 90 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.63 in April 2017 to 14.75, a 64% improvement. William has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.75
signature single · DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018
90
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.7519.51
top 23.6%12,779 / 59,724
2×26.048.06
top 51.3%20,906 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.1913.57
top 54.5%15,910 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed37.0745.34
top 60.9%8,564 / 15,683
4×41:50.10
early days — 2 solves14,076 / 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

Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 40.63Dallas Fort Worth 2018: 20.69DFW Cubing Fiesta June 2018: 19.98DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018: 14.75DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018: 18.94Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019: 18.9314.7540.6329 Apr 201719 Jan 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.75 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.