People · United Kingdom
Sam Ison
3×3 · top 35.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023ISON02
Sam Ison has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.25, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2023, puts him in the top 35.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,387th in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since April 2023, he has put 108 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.67 in April 2023 to 18.25, a 36% improvement. Sam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 18.25 | 22.01 | top 35.0% | 2,387 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.23 | 11.57 | top 46.8% | 1,919 / 3,704 | |
| 2×2 | 5.75 | 7.92 | top 48.2% | 2,546 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 8.98 | 13.36 | top 48.4% | 1,147 / 2,439 |
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
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.03 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023First competition: Wakefield Spring 2023. A 28.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Suffolk Summer 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Spring 2023 · 1 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.
- Felix Hincks — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Edward Burgess — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emily Marshall — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.25 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.