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William Haresch

3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022HARE01

William Haresch has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.14, set at Princeton Fall 2023, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,720th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 159 official solves on the record across eleven 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 9.38 in December 2022 to 8.14, a 13% improvement. William has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.14
signature single · Princeton Fall 2023
159
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.149.95
top 3.0%1,720 / 59,724
4×435.4442.08
top 7.1%1,094 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed17.0619.96
top 12.7%1,646 / 15,683
2×23.074.18
top 15.1%5,906 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.517.93
top 16.5%4,382 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded1:17.721:59.56
top 18.7%363 / 2,092
5×51:26.961:31.59
top 24.9%1,937 / 9,401
Square-120.2026.23
top 28.4%1,863 / 6,743
Clock17.4626.59
top 57.0%4,742 / 8,927
7×75:46.25
early days — 1 solve1,935 / 3,184
6×64:03.35
early days — 1 solve2,583 / 4,196

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

West Chester Fall 2022: 9.38Penn Cube Day Spring 2023: 10.40Wilmington Warmup 2023: 9.73Princeton Fall 2023: 8.14Penn Cube Day Spring 2024: 9.02New Providence Spring AM 2026: 9.628.1410.4010 Dec 202218 Apr 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.