People · United States
William Vandergrift
Skewb · top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018VAND08
William Vandergrift has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 243rd in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,529 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.80 in June 2018 to 8.74, a 76% improvement. William has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.12 | 4.77 | top 1.7% | 243 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 1.63 | 3.41 | top 2.7% | 1,066 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.80 | 6.23 | top 3.0% | 807 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 8.74 | 10.73 | top 4.3% | 2,382 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 10.69 | 13.09 | top 7.3% | 533 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 38.58 | 42.21 | top 10.4% | 1,548 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 7.02 | 8.74 | top 11.0% | 848 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.83 | 1:16.94 | top 13.2% | 903 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.20 | 1:25.15 | top 13.9% | 1,065 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.37 | 27.73 | top 24.2% | 3,113 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 2:32.18 | 2:42.07 | top 26.7% | 939 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.49 | 4:11.50 | top 30.9% | 861 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | 48.00 | top 55.5% | 1,178 / 2,040 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026.
- 7 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at Concord Summer 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025.
- 24 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Queen City NC 2025.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- North Carolina Mini Qualifier 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast FMC Championship 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Elmsford Evening II 2026 · 11 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Martinsville Newcomers 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Georgia Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026 · 11 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Concord Summer 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- East Cobb Summer 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast FMC Championship 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Queen City NC 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Bull City Summer NC 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast FMC Championship 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Concord Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- See Georgia: Lake Russell A 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Fall 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Niner Nation Open 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Season Starter 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Crossroads Cubing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
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.
- Nathan Smith — met in 252 rounds, finished ahead 157 times
- Andreas Lambropoulos — met in 222 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
- Eddie Szuster — met in 221 rounds, finished ahead 114 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.