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Chris Sambrooks

2×2 · top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021SAMB01

Chris Sambrooks has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.75, set at WA Open 2023, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 858th in Australia. Across 41 competitions since March 2021, he has put 682 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.19 in March 2021 to 15.01, a 35% improvement. Chris has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.75
signature single · WA Open 2023
682
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.756.20
top 11.5%858 / 8,567
Pyraminx5.888.23
top 19.1%945 / 5,993
Square-117.0621.42
top 21.1%208 / 899
3×3 blindfolded1:26.292:06.26
top 21.7%115 / 394
3×315.0118.37
top 24.5%2,248 / 11,709
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 56:32—
top 28.9%54 / 180
Clock11.0414.60
top 30.3%320 / 1,095
4×41:07.151:12.38
top 44.1%1,181 / 3,051
Skewb10.4314.59
top 57.6%1,887 / 3,534
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves46.67
top 62.5%278 / 468
5×52:23.412:50.04
top 62.7%864 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed40.6245.01
top 66.2%1,572 / 2,659
Megaminx2:44.572:55.04
top 68.0%881 / 1,277

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

Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 23.19Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 23.12Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 18.03Australian Nationals 2022: 20.68Freo Cube-Off 2023: 19.41Perth Autumn 2023: 17.74Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 19.65WA Open 2023: 19.46Murdoch University Open 2024: 15.68South Perth Cube Day 2024: 16.96Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 17.87Perth Autumn 2024: 17.21Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 16.31Australian Nationals 2024: 20.12Perth Winter 2024: 16.47Move It Midland 2024: 16.35Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 16.05Perth Autumn 2025: 18.31Perth Winter 2025: 18.97Mandurah Madness 2025: 18.51WA State Championship 2025: 15.01Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025: 17.31Perth Summer 2026: 16.45Perth Puzzle Party 2026: 17.95Perth Winter 2026: 15.52Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 16.1515.0123.1928 Mar 202115 Aug 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.

  • Amy Smith — met in 179 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Jaxon Foster — met in 167 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • Tyler Williams — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 22 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.