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Sam Pinchin
2×2 · top 15.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025PINC01
Sam Pinchin has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.06, set at Moorhead Madness 2025, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,015th in Canada. Across 5 competitions since May 2025, he has put 115 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.33 in May 2025 to 17.17, a 23% improvement. Sam has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 5.23 | top 15.0% | 1,015 / 7,245 | |
| Clock | 10.65 | 13.61 | top 28.2% | 261 / 1,057 | |
| 3×3 | 17.17 | 22.67 | top 31.7% | 3,129 / 10,502 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.75 | 11.37 | top 34.2% | 1,552 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.93 | 51.96 | top 72.7% | 1,769 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 1:47.40 | — | top 75.3% | 2,256 / 3,180 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.94 at Winnipeg Fall Morning 2025.
- 10 May 2025First competition: Moorhead Madness 2025. A 25.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Grand Forks 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Grand Forks 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Fall Morning 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Moorhead Madness 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Raphael Fast — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sylas Devenny — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Otto — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,178 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.