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William Herring

Pyraminx · top 0.026% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019HERR14

William Herring has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 0.97, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.026% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Australia. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since October 2019, he has put 1,464 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.73 in October 2019 to 7.16, an 83% improvement. William has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.026% of 129,321 all-time
0.97
signature single · Australian Nationals 2026
1,464
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Pyraminx0.972.49
top 0.026%2 / 5,993
3×37.169.24
top 1.5%168 / 11,709
2×21.503.27
top 2.2%180 / 8,567
4×433.0742.20
top 5.0%135 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed16.6620.82
top 11.8%267 / 2,659
Clock7.469.38
top 12.8%150 / 1,095
5×51:17.571:25.73
top 17.2%228 / 1,356
Skewb4.9310.10
top 17.6%457 / 3,534
Square-118.3424.53
top 24.2%239 / 899
Megaminx2:16.84—
top 54.7%683 / 1,277
6×64:30.72—
early days — 3 solves472 / 641

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

Puzzling Pakenham 2019: 42.73Melbourne Summer 2020: 22.46Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 10.99Melbourne Summer 2022: 10.31Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 10.47Victorian Open 2022: 9.65Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022: 9.45Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 9.47Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 9.73Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 9.98Melbourne Summer 2023: 8.99Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 8.97St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023: 9.19Victorian Open 2023: 8.66Australian Nationals 2023: 9.18The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 9.24Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 9.88Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023: 8.35Melbourne Summer 2024: 8.75Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 8.51Kensington May Saturday 2024: 8.75Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024: 8.87Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 8.77Melbourne Summer 2025: 8.71Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 8.00Solving in Sale 2025: 8.15VIC State Championship 2025: 7.51Spark Melbourne July 2025: 9.19Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 7.16The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 8.53Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 7.97Melbourne Summer 2026: 8.17North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026: 7.82Australian Nationals 2026: 8.257.1642.7326 Oct 20199 Jul 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.