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William Marshall

Clock · top 13.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016MARS09

William Marshall has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 7.56, set at Northampton Winter B 2023, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,004th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since December 2016, he has put 196 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.36 in December 2016 to 12.52, a 74% improvement. William has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 13.2% of 32,048 all-time
7.56
signature single · Northampton Winter B 2023
196
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock7.568.54
top 13.2%1,004 / 8,927
3×312.5214.25
top 15.7%8,409 / 59,724
2×23.545.33
top 20.7%8,127 / 40,951
4×448.5956.49
top 22.9%3,473 / 19,072
5×52:09.93
early days — 3 solves4,681 / 9,401
Pyraminx10.4018.10
top 56.1%16,407 / 28,708
Skewb12.9616.09
top 70.5%13,258 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:03.911:16.06
top 86.1%12,997 / 15,683

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

South Berwick Open 2016: 47.36WPI Winter Cube Day 2017: 39.44Cubing with the Viking 2017: 25.04BU Spring 2018: 32.21Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018: 25.73The Battle of Lexington 2018: 20.92Massachusetts Championship 2019: 23.31CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 12.52Granite State 2022: 14.46Northampton Winter B 2023: 12.70Cubing in Cambridge 2023: 12.54Cubehenge 2023: 13.2812.5247.3610 Dec 201611 Jun 2023

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 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.