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William Ralston

3×3 · top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022RALS03

William Ralston has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.95, set at Colorado Western Slope 2023, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,236th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 110 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.54 in October 2022 to 12.95, a 45% improvement. William has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.95
signature single · Colorado Western Slope 2023
110
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.9517.43
top 17.2%9,236 / 59,724
2×23.395.24
top 18.9%7,396 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.4514.41
top 48.6%14,080 / 28,708
Megaminx2:20.99
early days — 2 solves4,278 / 7,841
Skewb10.4813.64
top 57.9%10,592 / 18,907
4×41:25.80
top 60.5%10,504 / 19,072

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

Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022: 23.54Loveland Fall 2022: 22.38LoCo Cubing PM 2022: 22.75Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023: 18.07Mile High Megacomp 2023: 17.41Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 17.23Colorado Western Slope 2023: 12.95FoCo Cubing 2023: 17.5112.9523.5415 Oct 20221 Jul 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.