People · United States
William Hardy
3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025HARD04
William Hardy has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.75, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,426th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2025, he has put 428 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.41 in April 2025 to 7.75, a 46% improvement. William has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.75 | 9.50 | top 2.4% | 1,426 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.64 | 3.27 | top 2.8% | 1,102 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.86 | 4.04 | top 3.2% | 862 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 58.52 | 1:05.34 | top 4.9% | 405 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.65 | 18.63 | top 5.6% | 784 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 57.28 | 59.28 | top 8.6% | 610 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 37.69 | 41.62 | top 9.5% | 1,445 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 7.54 | 8.38 | top 13.0% | 1,020 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 4.31 | 6.29 | top 13.1% | 2,061 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 24.78 | 36.77 | top 38.8% | 2,550 / 6,846 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 14 Aug 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 13 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 7.98 at TJHSST Winter 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at TJHSST Winter 2026.
- 16 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Williamsburg Open Fall 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- RVA Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Summer PM 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Warren Morris — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Griffin Kim — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Fiona Bao — met in 70 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.