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William Ryder Paulsen

3×3 · top 36.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022PAUL14

William Ryder Paulsen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.58, set at Utah Snowball Bash 2022, puts him in the top 36.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,467th in the United States. Across 1 competition since December 2022, he has put 15 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 36.0% of 288,433 all-time
18.58
signature single · Utah Snowball Bash 2022
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.5822.78
top 36.0%20,467 / 60,666
2×25.146.33
top 41.1%16,787 / 41,674
Pyraminx10.7017.09
top 58.4%17,383 / 29,168

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 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.

  • Xander Beck — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Hendrix Brown — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Joey Day — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.58 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.