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William Herring

Pyraminx · top 0.026% of 130,891 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 130,891 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 39 competitions since October 2019, he has put 1,535 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 36,406 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 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.026% of 130,891 all-time
0.97
signature single · Australian Nationals 2026
1,535
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 / 6,109
3×37.169.24
top 1.5%170 / 11,943
2×21.503.27
top 2.2%185 / 8,727
4×433.0742.20
top 5.1%140 / 3,108
3×3 one-handed16.6620.82
top 11.8%271 / 2,685
Clock7.469.38
top 12.7%152 / 1,159
5×51:17.571:25.73
top 17.3%239 / 1,412
Skewb4.9310.10
top 17.6%470 / 3,589
Square-118.3424.53
top 24.2%243 / 920
Megaminx2:16.84—
top 54.9%701 / 1,313
6×64:30.72—
early days — 3 solves488 / 667

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: 8.25Belgrave Open 2026: 8.58Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026: 8.597.1642.7326 Oct 201927 Sep 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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.