People · Australia
Sam De Waal
Pyraminx · top 9.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021WAAL01
Sam De Waal has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.37, set at Spark Melbourne February 2025, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 440th in Australia. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2021, he has put 76 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.84 in January 2021 to 11.47, a 32% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.37 | 8.76 | top 9.6% | 440 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 11.47 | 15.11 | top 12.0% | 1,063 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 5.19 | top 26.2% | 2,040 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.52 | 1:33.27 | top 55.5% | 1,537 / 3,051 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.11 at Spark Melbourne February 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne February 2025.
- 23 Jan 2021First competition: Melbourne Summer 2021. A 16.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021 · 14 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021
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.
- Zayd Chaudhry — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Riley Dexter — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- David Epstein — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.