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William Tran

3×3 · top 10.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023TRAN11

William Tran has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.06, set at Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 972nd in Australia. Across 25 competitions since March 2023, he has put 420 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.78 in March 2023 to 11.06, a 38% improvement. William has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.7% of 288,433 all-time
11.06
signature single · Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026
420
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×311.0615.15
top 10.7%972 / 11,943
2×23.967.46
top 26.0%2,048 / 8,727
4×41:02.521:17.91
top 39.2%1,059 / 3,108
3×3 one-handed29.3134.42
top 45.1%1,060 / 2,685
Pyraminx9.3714.85
top 48.0%2,745 / 6,109
Clock15.13—
top 48.4%525 / 1,159

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

Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 17.78Victorian Open 2023: 15.95Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023: 17.00Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 18.05Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023: 14.53Melbourne Summer 2024: 13.17Altona Algorithms 2024: 11.82Solving In Sale 2024: 14.76Australian Nationals 2024: 16.08The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 15.08Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 13.36Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 14.46Melbourne Summer 2025: 13.36Spark Melbourne February 2025: 15.80VIC State Championship 2025: 19.17Spark Melbourne July 2025: 14.93Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 15.12The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 14.05Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 14.28Melbourne Summer 2026: 14.42North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026: 13.98Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 11.06Australian Nationals 2026: 14.33Belgrave Open 2026: 13.10Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026: 14.1211.0619.1718 Mar 202326 Sep 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-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.