People · United Kingdom
Sam Cochrane
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022COCH03
Sam Cochrane has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.45, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2022, he has put 388 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.28 in June 2022 to 10.85, a 46% improvement. Sam has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.45 | 3.18 | top 1.9% | 155 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.03 | 6.60 | top 3.7% | 152 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 10.85 | 13.50 | top 10.0% | 715 / 6,689 | |
| Clock | 9.17 | 10.87 | top 20.9% | 291 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 58.76 | 1:08.50 | top 35.1% | 779 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 7.21 | 10.19 | top 35.3% | 835 / 2,421 | |
| Square-1 | 25.04 | 33.65 | top 39.2% | 352 / 778 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.54 | 2:14.10 | top 42.3% | 478 / 966 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.68 | — | top 61.8% | 761 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.86 | — | top 69.2% | 1,210 / 1,851 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 63 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 360 / 372 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Wiltshire December 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Six personal bests in one day at Reading Spring 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.61 at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022First competition: Cheltenham Summer 2022. A 20.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Wiltshire Autumn 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 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.
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Rufus Cripps — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.