People · United States
William Snyder
2×2 · top 2.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025SNYD02
William Snyder has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Tierrasanta Pizza Party 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 993rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2025, he has put 340 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.06 in August 2025 to 8.12, a 33% improvement. William has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 1.90 | top 2.5% | 993 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 8.12 | 9.76 | top 3.0% | 1,746 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.69 | 21.75 | top 11.9% | 1,564 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 4.39 | 8.91 | top 13.7% | 2,153 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.29 | 8.94 | top 15.0% | 4,008 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 42.52 | 50.79 | top 15.2% | 2,316 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 36.36 | 46.40 | top 60.5% | 4,039 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.58 | — | top 80.2% | 6,471 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 3:58.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,804 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 57.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 9,075 / 9,172 |
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
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Agoura Winter 2026.
- 9 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2026.
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025. A 15.35 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.06 at UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025.
Competitions
- Redondo Beach FMC Summer 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Tierrasanta Pizza Party 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD March B 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Simi Mini A 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 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.
- Liv Coverdale — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Ellion Ornemark — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.