People · New Zealand
Sam Conway
3×3 · top 34.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023CONW02
Sam Conway has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.06, set at Wellington Winter 2025, puts him in the top 34.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 694th in New Zealand. Across 9 competitions since April 2023, he has put 151 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.17 in April 2023 to 18.06, a 63% improvement. Sam has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.06 | 25.57 | top 34.3% | 694 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 5.28 | 7.57 | top 42.8% | 736 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.60 | 14.18 | top 49.9% | 652 / 1,141 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.06 at Wellington Winter 2025.
- 4 May 2024First sub-30 3×3: 25.92 at Palmerston North 2024.
- 16 Apr 2023First competition: Palmerston North 2023. A 48.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wellington Autumn 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Spring 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Wellington Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023
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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack McDougall — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Maddigan — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.06 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.