People · United States
William Li
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017LIWI02
William Li has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.75, set at Santa Barbara Fall 2019, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,378th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since October 2017, he has put 388 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.51 in October 2017 to 7.75, a 53% improvement. William has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.75 | 9.38 | top 2.4% | 1,378 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.06 | 18.01 | top 6.2% | 858 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 4.38 | top 10.4% | 4,094 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 42.72 | 50.71 | top 15.4% | 2,320 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.42 | 6.63 | top 15.9% | 4,201 / 28,708 |
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
- 20 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Poly Cubed 2018.
- 18 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Nisei Week 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.14 at Poly Cubed 2017.
- 7 Oct 2017First competition: Newport Fall 2017. A 16.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Diamond Bar September 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- CalPoly SLO Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019
- Santa Barbara Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Anaheim Fall 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nipomo Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Derek Hsieh — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Michael Young — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.