People · United States
William Klauer
Skewb · top 0.44% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017KLAU01
William Klauer has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025, puts him in the top 0.44% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in the United States. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since April 2017, he has put 2,785 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.62 in April 2017 to 7.02, a 77% improvement. William has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.49 | 2.49 | top 0.44% | 73 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.93 | 3.20 | top 1.0% | 288 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 7.02 | 8.68 | top 1.3% | 826 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 45.59 | 50.25 | top 3.3% | 240 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 3.26 | top 3.5% | 1,363 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 56.91 | 1:06.36 | top 4.1% | 337 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 32.29 | 33.59 | top 4.4% | 702 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.73 | 15.45 | top 5.6% | 782 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 10.13 | 12.97 | top 6.3% | 463 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 6.32 | 8.17 | top 8.4% | 653 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 3:03.10 | 3:18.15 | top 11.5% | 314 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 2:09.42 | 2:17.81 | top 15.1% | 539 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 44.67 | top 40.9% | 879 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:08.77 | 5:29.94 | top 70.1% | 1,458 / 2,092 |
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
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025.
- 18 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 27 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
Competitions
- ODU Big Blue Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fredericksburg Summer PM 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Always Open Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Quiet in the Rotunda - Virginia 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- River Hill Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Virginia Beach Fall 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Crystal City Winter 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Crystal City Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
- Country Roads Martinsburg 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- Northern Neck Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Solving Hunger Virginia 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rally in the Valley 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- MLWGS Spring 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019 · 7 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- VES Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tar Heel Tango 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- RVAutumn 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Maryland 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- RVA Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
- WFS Cubing Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Spring 2017 · 1 Apr 2017
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.
- Michael Nielsen — met in 381 rounds, finished ahead 82 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 379 rounds, finished ahead 138 times
- Zayn Khanani — met in 360 rounds, finished ahead 94 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.