People · United States
William Grooms
3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018GROO01
William Grooms has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.26, set at Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,532nd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2018, he has put 435 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.90 in January 2018 to 10.26, a 74% improvement. William has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 12.99 | top 8.2% | 4,532 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.82 | 5.79 | top 9.7% | 1,486 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.60 | top 12.3% | 4,846 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 13.65 | 28.45 | top 13.4% | 919 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.22 | 6.07 | top 14.6% | 3,820 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 50.58 | 52.10 | top 25.4% | 3,907 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.14 | 1:54.51 | top 35.3% | 2,515 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 13.23 | 13.94 | top 40.6% | 3,237 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.30 | 1:55.46 | top 42.1% | 3,421 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.39 | 38.47 | top 49.8% | 6,856 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.95 | 3:50.66 | top 59.0% | 2,261 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:35.92 | 6:04.94 | top 61.5% | 1,835 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 61 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,939 / 2,040 |
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
- 6 Jan 2024Eleven personal bests in one day at Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024.
- 16 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at NxNaperville 2022.
- 1 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 13.57 at Big Cheese 2020.
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Big Cheese 2020.
- 25 Oct 2019Six personal bests in one day at Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019.
- 1 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
Competitions
- Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 11 personal bests set
- DeKalb Cubing Fall 2023 · 22 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NxNaperville 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Peoria 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cheese 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Coach Pigeon 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Three Seconds Snakes 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Elk Cubing 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018 · 9 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lions Cubing 2018 · 21 Jan 2018
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 78 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Feran — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Rachel Feran — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.