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Sam Jones

2×2 · top 0.36% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023JONE09

Sam Jones has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.89, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since March 2023, he has put 1,973 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.17 in March 2023 to 7.78, a 41% improvement. Sam has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.36% of 186,767 all-time
0.89
signature single · Edinburgh Winter 2026
1,973
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×20.892.78
top 0.36%35 / 4,895
Clock3.034.10
top 0.78%19 / 1,232
Skewb1.942.90
top 1.2%32 / 2,421
3×37.789.17
top 2.4%198 / 6,689
4×429.5333.02
top 2.6%62 / 2,071
Pyraminx2.764.15
top 2.9%108 / 3,656
5×555.521:01.04
top 3.5%54 / 1,151
Square-111.4915.85
top 8.8%90 / 778
Megaminx57.811:03.16
top 8.8%111 / 966
3×3 one-handed15.3720.28
top 8.9%181 / 1,851
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves33.67
top 9.9%47 / 372
6×61:57.432:09.08
top 10.0%65 / 548
3×3 blindfolded1:03.96—
top 14.3%72 / 311
7×73:20.993:31.05
top 16.6%74 / 459
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 14 cubes · 58:57—
top 18.4%38 / 126
4×4 blindfolded8:06.22—
top 44.2%54 / 84

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

Edinburgh Spring 2023: 13.17Glasgow Spring 2023: 11.15Edinburgh Summer 2023: 12.15North Highlands Summer 2023: 11.15Glasgow Autumn 2023: 10.94Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.66Aberdeen Autumn 2023: 10.88Edinburgh Winter 2024: 10.69Glasgow Spring 2024: 10.56Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 9.58Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 10.35Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.35Edinburgh Winter 2025: 9.12Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025: 8.86Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 8.63Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.65Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 9.12Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 8.85Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 8.80Edinburgh Winter 2026: 8.92Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 7.78Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 7.877.7813.174 Mar 202328 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-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.