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William Patrick Boland

Clock · top 0.69% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BOLA06

William Patrick Boland has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.96, set at Grand Central Cubing WV 2026, puts him in the top 0.69% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in the United States. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since November 2022, he has put 1,492 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.58 in November 2022 to 10.15, a 51% improvement. William has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.69% of 32,048 all-time
2.96
signature single · Grand Central Cubing WV 2026
1,492
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock2.964.16
top 0.69%66 / 8,927
Pyraminx2.453.37
top 2.1%546 / 28,708
2×21.953.54
top 4.4%1,764 / 40,951
Skewb3.064.93
top 5.3%814 / 18,907
3×310.1512.43
top 7.9%4,357 / 59,724
4×437.6344.59
top 9.4%1,401 / 19,072
Square-116.8022.40
top 20.5%1,380 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed20.1327.69
top 20.8%2,663 / 15,683
5×51:24.461:37.61
top 22.8%1,764 / 9,401
Megaminx1:28.881:37.09
top 27.5%1,897 / 7,841
6×63:09.623:41.66
top 45.5%1,682 / 4,196
7×75:59.95—
early days — 3 solves2,050 / 3,184

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

Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022: 20.58Pretzel Mania 2023: 11.04Virginia Beach Spring 2023: 18.08ODU Big Blue Spring 2023: 14.81CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 16.28Virginia Beach Fall 2023: 12.75Cubing Knights IV 2023: 14.74North Carolina Championship 2023: 13.80Virginia Championship 2023: 12.02Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024: 13.77ODU Big Blue Winter 2024: 12.22Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 14.88Concord Summer 2024: 10.31CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 12.81Bull City Summer NC 2024: 11.07CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 13.09Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024: 11.80NCSU Wolfpack 2024: 13.63Charlotte Winter 2025: 11.12Queen City NC 2025: 12.66Virginia Always Open Spring 2025: 11.51Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025: 10.39North Carolina Championship 2025: 10.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.39Virginia Championship 2025: 11.66Ephrata Fall 2025: 11.12Virginia Beach Fall 2025: 10.92Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026: 10.36NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026: 13.16Dockin and Clockin Dunkirk 2026: 11.76Grand Central Cubing WV 2026: 12.01Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026: 10.81Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.13Scenic City Summer TN 2026: 12.5810.1520.5812 Nov 20228 Aug 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-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.