People · Canada
Sam Pinchin
2×2 · top 14.9% of 186,767 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 14.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,003rd in Canada. Across 3 competitions since May 2025, he has put 65 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.33 in May 2025 to 17.17, a 23% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 14.9% | 1,003 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 17.17 | 22.67 | top 31.5% | 3,090 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.75 | 11.37 | top 34.1% | 1,535 / 4,858 | |
| Clock | 13.35 | 15.74 | top 41.1% | 365 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.93 | 51.96 | top 72.6% | 1,756 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 2:11.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,645 / 3,118 |
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 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 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hunter Damewood — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Luke Otto — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.