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Sam Kirby

2×2 · top 37.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023KIRB04

Sam Kirby has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.82, set at Birmingham Spring 2025, puts him in the top 37.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,966th in the United Kingdom. Across 10 competitions since November 2023, he has put 90 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.47 in November 2023 to 20.42, a 28% improvement. Sam has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 37.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.82
signature single · Birmingham Spring 2025
90
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×24.828.85
top 37.0%1,966 / 4,895
3×320.4224.28
top 41.1%2,846 / 6,689
Megaminx3:29.864:15.65
top 83.6%901 / 966

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

Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023: 28.47Wiltshire February 2024: 28.62Wiltshire March 2024: 27.82Birmingham Summer 2024: 32.53Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 27.61Wiltshire Spring 2025: 22.44Birmingham Spring 2025: 20.42Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 22.66Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 24.97Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 24.4120.4232.5318 Nov 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.

  • Rufus Cripps — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Rich Casey — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Blue James — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.