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Sam Pulham

3×3 · top 20.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023PULH01

Sam Pulham has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.91, set at Perth Time Trial 2025, puts him in the top 20.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,853rd in Australia. Across 11 competitions since July 2023, he has put 179 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.32 in July 2023 to 13.91, a 72% improvement. Sam has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.91
signature single · Perth Time Trial 2025
179
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×313.9115.73
top 20.6%1,853 / 11,709
Pyraminx7.2313.97
top 29.8%1,547 / 5,993
2×24.605.92
top 34.2%2,699 / 8,567
Skewb10.2014.66
top 56.1%1,843 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed51.20
early days — 3 solves1,925 / 2,659
4×41:53.44
top 78.6%2,370 / 3,051
Clock27.8041.07
top 81.5%886 / 1,095

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

Perth Time Trial 2023: 50.32Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 26.62WA Open 2023: 21.32Butler Blitz 2023: 23.06Speedy South Perth 2023: 22.66Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 23.40Freo Cube-Off 2025: 17.12Perth Winter 2025: 14.20Perth Time Trial 2025: 13.91Move It Midland 2025: 14.5813.9150.321 Jul 20231 Nov 2025

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.