People · United Kingdom
Sam Antczak
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023ANTC01
Sam Antczak has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at Ipswich Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 133rd in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2023, he has put 153 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.07 in July 2023 to 7.34, a 48% improvement. Sam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.34 | 9.93 | top 1.8% | 133 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.42 | 6.78 | top 9.8% | 379 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 4.46 | 5.09 | top 32.4% | 1,727 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.44 | 1:14.27 | top 40.1% | 865 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 9.10 | 11.16 | top 49.1% | 1,157 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 22.65 | — | top 71.7% | 896 / 1,232 |
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
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Ipswich Autumn 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at Ipswich Autumn 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First competition: Suffolk Summer 2023. A 14.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Stevenage June 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Ipswich Autumn 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Suffolk Summer 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Felix Hincks — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Daniel Robinson — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Noah Calderon-Kamata — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.