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Sam Rowe
Pyraminx · top 20.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024ROWE01
Sam Rowe has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.09, set at Simi Mini B 2026, puts him in the top 20.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,566th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2024, he has put 99 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.94 in February 2024 to 17.79, an 11% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.09 | 9.79 | top 20.7% | 5,566 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.47 | 5.63 | top 32.5% | 12,934 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 17.79 | 20.16 | top 33.5% | 18,595 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 13.82 | 19.56 | top 43.0% | 3,459 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 10.28 | 13.51 | top 56.6% | 10,310 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.61 | — | top 71.7% | 12,909 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 3:31.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,698 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:56.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,609 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:32.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,779 / 15,683 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at UCSB Cubing 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First competition: USC Cubing 2024. A 19.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Simi Mini B 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSB Cubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
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.
- Kate Grahame — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elijah Gabriel Ret — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryan Fong — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.