People · United States
Sam Robert Jones
3×3 · top 16.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025JONE32
Sam Robert Jones has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.86, set at Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025, puts him in the top 16.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,072nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.86 | 16.19 | top 16.9% | 9,072 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.73 | 11.92 | top 18.0% | 4,788 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.48 | 6.58 | top 45.1% | 18,204 / 40,951 |
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
- 20 Dec 2025First competition: Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025. A 13.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oregon State Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026
- UO Valentine's Day 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Avery Mellinger — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Clancy Caster — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.