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Sam Deacon

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013DEAC01

Sam Deacon has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.01, set at River Hill Fall 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 820th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since February 2013, he has put 1,166 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.88 in February 2013 to 7.01, a 73% improvement. Sam has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.01
signature single · River Hill Fall 2024
1,166
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.017.85
top 1.3%820 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed10.8714.14
top 1.7%280 / 15,683
2×21.633.09
top 2.7%1,066 / 40,951
4×433.7839.53
top 5.6%857 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.686.06
top 11.3%2,938 / 28,708
5×51:27.171:30.85
top 25.0%1,953 / 9,401
Clock10.2811.35
top 26.5%2,041 / 8,927
Skewb10.4312.10
top 57.6%10,517 / 18,907
7×75:37.04—
early days — 3 solves1,846 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded3:37.37—
top 62.9%1,313 / 2,092
6×63:57.29—
early days — 3 solves2,497 / 4,196
Megaminx2:54.79—
top 72.2%5,599 / 7,841
Square-148.841:32.70
top 75.0%4,947 / 6,743

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

River Hill Winter 2013: 25.88Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 18.77River Hill Winter 2014: 17.88US Nationals 2014: 15.11Virginia Open Fall 2014: 10.92Slow n Steady Fall 2014: 11.04Virginia Open Spring 2015: 11.05TJHSST Fall 2016: 11.82Rockville Winter 2017: 10.39Virginia Open Winter 2017: 9.59Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 10.20Severna Park Summer 2017: 10.21Maryland 2017: 10.83Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 9.02Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 10.11Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 8.72Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 8.99River Hill Fall 2022: 8.17Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 8.25Warwick Cube Day 2023: 7.96Berwick Fall 2023: 8.85Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 8.77Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 8.31Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 7.50Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024: 7.80Gaithersburg Back to School 2024: 7.47UMBC Fall 2024: 8.25River Hill Fall 2024: 7.01Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025: 7.88Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 7.38Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 7.55Front Royal Spring 2025: 7.10Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.43More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 7.42CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 7.31Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025: 7.75River Hill Fall 2025: 7.98Fredericksburg Winter AM 2026: 7.28TJHSST Winter 2026: 7.96Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026: 7.10Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 7.487.0125.8816 Feb 201314 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.