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William Jestin Palmer

Square-1 · top 8.4% of 25,272 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010PALM01

William Jestin Palmer has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.22, set at Palmerston North 2018, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in New Zealand. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since July 2010, he has put 450 official solves on the record across eleven 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 54.15 in July 2010 to 22.31, a 59% improvement. William has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 8.4% of 25,272 all-time
11.22
signature single · Palmerston North 2018
450
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Square-111.2221.82
top 8.4%32 / 251
2×25.117.89
top 40.7%696 / 1,615
Skewb7.9710.30
top 41.0%300 / 666
3×322.3126.66
top 46.2%970 / 2,095
Clock18.1720.60
top 59.3%203 / 303
Pyraminx11.9116.15
top 66.6%827 / 1,141
4×41:44.962:05.40
top 73.8%530 / 722
5×52:52.113:25.40
top 75.4%267 / 355
3×3 one-handed53.631:12.73
top 79.8%456 / 600
Megaminx3:50.23—
top 88.2%263 / 283
6×65:58.80—
top 90.6%140 / 149

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

New Zealand Championships 2010: 54.15Wellington Autumn 2014: 1:02.84Wellington Winter 2015: 41.90New Zealand Nationals 2015: 34.57Wellington Autumn 2016: 28.53Palmerston North 2016: 24.22New Zealand Nationals 2016: 31.64Mind Games 2017: 29.85SNZ Northern 2017: 30.61New Zealand Nationals 2017: 22.80Palmerston North 2018: 24.98Mind Games 2019: 26.60Koalafication Palmy 2019: 29.38Welcome Back Wellington 2020: 25.73New Zealand Nationals 2020: 22.31Palmerston North 2021: 24.97Palmerston North 2023: 31.28Welcome to Wellington 2024: 31.52Palmerston North 2024: 23.2722.311:02.8410 Jul 20104 May 2024

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-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.