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Sam Spendla

Clock · top 2.3% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015SPEN01

Sam Spendla has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.98, set at Leeds Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in the United Kingdom. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 122 competitions since November 2015, he has put 5,010 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.11 in November 2015 to 7.78, an 81% improvement. Sam has entered 122 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 2.3% of 32,048 all-time
3.98
signature single · Leeds Open 2019
5,010
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Clock3.986.40
top 2.3%34 / 1,232
3×37.7812.58
top 2.4%198 / 6,689
2×21.824.42
top 3.7%267 / 4,895
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves26.67
top 5.1%29 / 372
Skewb3.075.27
top 5.3%119 / 2,421
Pyraminx4.569.23
top 10.6%415 / 3,656
4×441.4553.90
top 13.8%323 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed20.6627.84
top 22.3%419 / 1,851
Square-121.1026.64
top 30.4%281 / 778
5×51:34.761:42.11
top 31.3%402 / 1,151
3×3 blindfolded1:59.262:31.39
top 33.3%141 / 311
Megaminx1:49.142:12.26
top 39.9%443 / 966
6×63:23.743:32.09
top 52.2%316 / 548
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 8:23—
top 61.7%100 / 126
7×75:59.086:26.44
top 67.5%328 / 459
4×4 blindfolded15:28.00—
early days — 2 solves75 / 84

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

UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 41.11North London Open 2016: 19.61Macclesfield Open 2016: 18.56August Bank Holiday Competition 2016: 17.22Peterborough Open 2017: 13.59Explorarubik 2017: 13.90London Open 2017: 13.34World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 11.51August Bank Holiday Competition 2017: 12.14Guildford Open 2017: 12.34UK Championship 2017: 12.76Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 12.06Welsh Open 2018: 12.24Manchester Open 2018: 13.35Guildford Open 2018: 12.46High Wycombe Open 2018: 11.61Lisboa Open 2018: 11.79Hastings Open 2018: 12.16Tårnby Cube Træf 2018: 12.71Peterborough Open 2018: 12.85WCA European Championship 2018: 11.14August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 10.30Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 11.74UK Championship 2018: 12.30Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 11.52Cambridge Open 2018: 12.05Fontwell Open 2019: 13.33Manchester Open 2019: 10.48Welsh Open 2019: 11.02Denmark & Friends 2019: 12.58Chester Open 2019: 12.09Lincoln Open 2019: 13.59London Open 2019: 12.09High Wycombe Open 2019: 10.92British Summer Open 2019: 7.78Leeds Open 2019: 13.17UK Championship 2019: 12.97Weston-super-Mare Open 2019: 11.06Guildford Open 2020: 12.04Fontwell Open 2020: 11.82Doncaster Open 2020: 9.10Manchester Open 2020: 12.44Wakefield Open 2022: 13.51West London Open 2022: 12.18Weston-super-Mare Open 2022: 11.41Farnworth Spring D 2022: 11.82Wakefield Spring 2022: 12.33Glasgow Open 2022: 14.59Cheltenham Summer 2022: 11.08Stevenage Summer 2022: 10.91Norwich Summer 2022: 11.63Lincoln Summer 2022: 11.95August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 12.08Wakefield Autumn 2022: 12.44Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022: 11.57Stevenage Autumn A 2022: 10.75Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 12.23Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022: 10.33Stevenage January 2023: 11.64Cambridge Side Events Winter 2023: 12.28Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 12.26Wakefield Spring 2023: 13.49Essex Spring 2023: 12.06Lisboa Open 2023: 11.68Stevenage May 2023: 11.69Peterborough Summer 2023: 11.86Stevenage June 2023: 13.15Edinburgh Summer 2023: 11.72Lincolnshire Summer 2023: 12.83Mind Sports Olympiad Cubing 2023: 13.20Stevenage September 2023: 10.39Kent Autumn 2023: 12.82Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.89Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023: 12.82Stevenage November 2023: 9.31Wiltshire December 2023: 11.97Stevenage January 2024: 12.98Edinburgh Winter 2024: 11.70Stevenage February 2024: 8.81Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024: 11.31Stevenage April 2024: 10.58Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 10.36Stevenage June 2024: 11.57Stevenage July 2024: 11.77Lincolnshire Summer 2024: 11.68Kewbz UK Open 2024: 11.90Wiltshire September 2024: 12.89Stevenage October 2024: 13.84Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 14.92Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 11.08Lincolnshire Autumn 2024: 11.41Stevenage December 2024: 8.91Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 10.49Cork Spring 2025: 12.31Stevenage March 2025: 12.33Peterborough Odd Day 2025: 14.07Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 12.67Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.89Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 12.12Corby Autumn 2025: 12.53Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 13.73Portugal Championship 2025: 12.42Wiltshire Winter 2025: 11.68Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 10.78Devon Winter 2026: 11.32Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 12.16Bristol August 2026: 11.77Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 13.187.7841.117 Nov 201528 Aug 2026

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-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.