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Sam Talacko

3×3 · top 0.47% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019TALA02

Sam Talacko has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.96, set at Mini Guildford in Olomouc 2026, puts him in the top 0.47% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in the Czech Republic. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since June 2019, he has put 1,485 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.16 in June 2019 to 5.96, a 55% improvement. Sam has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.47% of 288,433 all-time
5.96
signature single · Mini Guildford in Olomouc 2026
1,485
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCzech Republic
3×35.967.31
top 0.47%8 / 801
2×21.272.01
top 1.3%22 / 652
3×3 one-handed11.7216.43
top 2.7%12 / 317
Pyraminx3.936.98
top 7.4%87 / 469
4×436.0342.77
top 7.8%43 / 446
Square-114.6023.76
top 15.5%29 / 172
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves33.67
top 20.4%18 / 79
Skewb5.3610.80
top 21.0%109 / 328
Clock10.4311.50
top 27.1%68 / 172
5×51:36.651:49.42
top 32.8%97 / 254
Megaminx1:57.852:24.81
top 44.7%98 / 181
3×3 blindfolded2:41.40—
top 46.9%30 / 73
6×64:08.324:46.07
top 68.4%87 / 123
7×76:32.387:22.43
top 75.1%83 / 101

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

British Summer Open 2019: 13.16UK Championship 2019: 9.99Guildford Open 2020: 8.34Stevenage Spring 2022: 9.50Stevenage Summer 2022: 8.98Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.12Kostelec Summer 2022: 9.70Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 7.62Wiltshire Winter 2023: 8.41Lužice Open 2023: 7.63Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 8.11Czech Championship 2023: 6.40No Clock in Lužice 2023: 7.55Czech Open 2024: 8.09Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.38Lužice Open 2024: 7.742x2 at 2 in Prague 2024: 7.52Czech Championship 2024: 8.03Chichester April 2025: 7.33Prague Summer Opener 2025: 7.71Linz Summer 2025: 6.05Czech Open 2025: 6.84Back to Kostelec 2025: 6.04Příbram Cube 2025: 6.89Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.91Kostelec Skewbing 2026: 7.58Czech Championship 2026: 6.81Mini Guildford in Olomouc 2026: 5.96Cubing in Hrádek 2026: 6.485.9613.1629 Jun 201917 Oct 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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.