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William Tan

2×2 · top 22.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022TANW01

William Tan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.71, set at Victorian Open 2022, puts him in the top 22.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,782nd in Australia. Across 5 competitions since March 2022, he has put 74 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.36 in March 2022 to 15.11, a 56% improvement. William has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 22.9% of 189,179 all-time
3.71
signature single · Victorian Open 2022
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.716.49
top 22.9%1,782 / 8,727
3×315.1116.88
top 24.9%2,332 / 11,943
3×3 one-handed32.8836.51
top 53.2%1,245 / 2,685
Pyraminx14.1023.49
top 78.3%4,831 / 6,109

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

Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 34.36Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 23.76Victorian Open 2022: 15.57Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 15.11Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 18.8115.1134.366 Mar 202215 Dec 2022

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-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.