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William Shand

3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019SHAN32

William Shand has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.92, set at NZ North Island Championship 2021, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 361st in New Zealand. Across 4 competitions since December 2019, he has put 92 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.48 in December 2019 to 12.92, a 37% improvement. William has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.92
signature single · NZ North Island Championship 2021
92
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×312.9214.26
top 17.1%361 / 2,095
3×3 one-handed21.4425.93
top 24.4%140 / 600
Skewb7.398.60
top 36.7%275 / 666
2×25.216.20
top 41.9%719 / 1,615
4×41:24.661:37.66
top 59.6%410 / 722

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

New Zealand Nationals 2019: 20.48Auckland Summer Open 2020: 18.99A New Year in Auckland 2021: 13.77NZ North Island Championship 2021: 12.9212.9220.4813 Dec 201913 Aug 2021

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 0.92 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.