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William Petrie

2×2 · top 2.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022PETR15

William Petrie has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at Manchester Winter 2024, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 181st in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2022, he has put 800 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.18 in September 2022 to 7.95, a 48% improvement. William has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.3% of 189,179 all-time
1.53
signature single · Manchester Winter 2024
800
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.532.80
top 2.3%181 / 4,946
3×37.959.67
top 2.7%221 / 6,785
3×3 one-handed12.3420.33
top 3.5%68 / 1,861
Pyraminx5.106.54
top 13.8%536 / 3,704
4×442.6850.82
top 15.4%363 / 2,112
Skewb4.739.09
top 16.2%387 / 2,439
Square-120.4030.14
top 28.9%277 / 789
Clock10.8613.08
top 29.3%392 / 1,255
5×51:38.581:47.02
top 34.4%449 / 1,167
6×63:22.903:28.28
top 51.9%323 / 560
Megaminx2:19.142:39.78
top 56.0%669 / 998
7×75:43.54—
top 63.7%313 / 463
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 2 solves259 / 372

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

Wakefield Autumn 2022: 15.18Wiltshire Winter 2023: 12.48Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 11.40Wiltshire Spring 2023: 10.59Essex Spring 2023: 10.18Hampshire Spring 2023: 9.98Bolton Summer 2023: 7.95Wiltshire Autumn 2023: 9.76Wakefield Autumn 2023: 8.47Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 8.75Liverpool Winter 2023: 9.63Manchester Winter 2024: 9.36Manchester Spring 2024: 8.67Wakefield Summer 2024: 8.78Manchester August 2024: 8.68Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.34Manchester February 2025: 8.84Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 9.407.9515.1810 Sep 202222 Aug 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.