People · United States
William Smith
3×3 · top 7.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SMIT65
William Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.02, set at Going Fast in Franklin 2023, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,213th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2022, he has put 351 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.01 in November 2022 to 10.02, a 41% improvement. William has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.02 | 12.98 | top 7.5% | 4,213 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.41 | top 10.4% | 4,135 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.47 | 8.21 | top 14.3% | 2,256 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.53 | 7.82 | top 16.7% | 4,503 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 9.88 | 11.11 | top 24.3% | 1,915 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 22.33 | 29.91 | top 33.2% | 2,178 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.63 | 29.65 | top 33.3% | 4,422 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 58.60 | 1:06.67 | top 35.1% | 5,709 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:48.14 | — | top 74.0% | 6,671 / 9,537 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rocky Top 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Going Fast in Franklin 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Starkvegas Southern Side Event Special Spring 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023.
- 2 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bluegrass Bash 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Music City Speedsolving 2023.
Competitions
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Rocky Top 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Going Fast in Franklin 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Fountain City 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- AlphaCubing A 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Starkvegas Southern Side Event Special Spring 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Bash 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Music City Speedsolving 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Eddie Smith — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Jared Stinson — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rowan Stough — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.