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William Sherman

3×3 · top 21.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024SHER06

William Sherman has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.02, set at Seattle Summer 2026, puts him in the top 21.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,328th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since July 2024, he has put 152 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.64 in July 2024 to 14.02, a 66% improvement. William has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.02
signature single · Seattle Summer 2026
152
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.0219.62
top 21.0%11,328 / 59,724
Skewb10.2423.53
top 56.4%10,258 / 18,907
2×27.7911.45
top 66.4%27,428 / 40,951
Pyraminx12.4017.00
top 69.6%20,625 / 28,708
4×42:00.862:50.43
top 82.0%15,294 / 19,072
Clock30.29
early days — 2 solves7,526 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed1:12.24
early days — 3 solves13,741 / 15,683

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

FLIP Open 11: Road to Euros 2024: 40.64Open the Door Moselle 2024: 43.28UCSD March B 2026: 22.87Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 20.79UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 20.20Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026: 15.83UCSD Weeknights IX 2026: 18.96West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 15.33Seattle Summer 2026: 14.02Temecula Valley Summer 2026: 17.8414.0243.2813 Jul 202425 Jul 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
  • A sub-10 Skewb single — 40,263 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.