People · Netherlands
Sam Walraven
3×3 · top 33.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022WALR01
Sam Walraven has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.68, set at Alphen Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 33.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 922nd in the Netherlands. Across 6 competitions since May 2022, he has put 95 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.35 in May 2022 to 17.68, a 40% improvement. Sam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.68 | 20.97 | top 33.2% | 922 / 2,318 | |
| 2×2 | 4.81 | 7.27 | top 37.0% | 814 / 1,680 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.45 | 1:21.29 | top 50.2% | 498 / 1,009 | |
| Skewb | 10.82 | 13.08 | top 59.9% | 609 / 968 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.70 | 13.84 | top 65.3% | 950 / 1,296 | |
| Clock | 26.84 | — | top 79.9% | 371 / 479 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:00.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 612 / 737 |
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 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.68 at Alphen Cubing 2025.
- 21 May 2022First competition: Dutch Masters 2022. A 29.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022
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.
- Jonas van Lier — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gijs van der Hoeven — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nanno Venhorst — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.68 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.