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Ezra Samuel
2×2 · top 6.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022SAMU02
Ezra Samuel has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.21, set at Marino Madness 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 469th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2022, he has put 112 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.64 in January 2022 to 11.40, a 31% improvement. Ezra has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 3.88 | top 6.3% | 469 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 11.40 | 14.31 | top 11.9% | 1,071 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.52 | 8.64 | top 24.0% | 1,227 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 9.57 | 12.65 | top 52.3% | 1,720 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 2:07.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,668 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:08.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,316 / 2,685 |
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
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.87 at South Australian Open 2022.
- 15 Jan 2022First competition: Adelaide Summer 2022. A 16.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Adelaide Summer 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Marino Madness 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Australian Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2022 · 15 Jan 2022
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.
- Jonah Blakeley — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Gerard McGinley — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aston Culf — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.