People · United Kingdom
Sam Folkes
3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013FOLK01
Sam Folkes has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.81, set at Monticello Conte Otto Open 2015, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,130th in the United Kingdom. Across 18 competitions since October 2013, he has put 372 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.10 in October 2013 to 12.81, a 56% improvement. Sam has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 12.81 | 16.60 | top 16.8% | 1,130 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 49.95 | 1:00.39 | top 24.7% | 540 / 2,071 | |
| 2×2 | 4.71 | 7.32 | top 35.6% | 1,892 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.07 | 12.49 | top 36.8% | 1,471 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.26 | 37.56 | top 44.9% | 791 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.55 | — | top 59.7% | 728 / 1,151 |
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
- 23 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Welwyn Garden City 2015.
- 11 Apr 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.81 at Monticello Conte Otto Open 2015.
- 21 Mar 2015Five personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Spring 2015.
- 20 Dec 2014Three personal bests in one day at Oxford Winter 2014.
- 14 Jun 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.45 at Poznan Open 2014.
- 5 Oct 2013First competition: Cuthberts Open 2013. A 29.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- North London Open 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Cuthberts Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- The Glorious North 2015 · 1 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Welwyn Garden City 2015 · 23 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Monticello Conte Otto Open 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Spring 2015 · 21 Mar 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Oxford Winter 2014 · 20 Dec 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Cuthberts Open 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Art Rubik 2014 · 7 Sep 2014
- Poznan Open 2014 · 14 Jun 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Welwyn Garden City Open 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Warsaw Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Cuthberts Open 2013 · 5 Oct 2013
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.
- Robert Yau — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Molloy — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Joey Gouly — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.