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Nathan Samuel

3×3 · top 81.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024SAMU07

Nathan Samuel has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 44.16, set at Edinburgh Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 81.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,774th in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since October 2024, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.77 in October 2024 to 44.16, a 25% improvement. Nathan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 81.3% of 284,439 all-time
44.16
signature single · Edinburgh Autumn 2025
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×344.1650.87
top 81.3%5,774 / 6,689
Pyraminx17.1624.56
top 88.1%3,385 / 3,656

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

Glasgow Favourites Evening II 2024: 58.77Edinburgh Winter 2025: 47.08Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 44.16Falkirk Open 2026: 47.4044.1658.7721 Oct 202421 Feb 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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 4.16 away.
  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 2.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.