People · United Kingdom
Sam Warner
3×3 · top 5.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013WARN01
Sam Warner has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.30, set at Edinburgh Spring 2015, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 420th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2013, he has put 506 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.19 in February 2013 to 9.30, a 46% improvement. Sam has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.30 | 12.15 | top 5.6% | 420 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 4.35 | top 12.2% | 763 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.91 | 10.80 | top 19.3% | 754 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 55.00 | 1:03.94 | top 30.8% | 707 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.85 | 36.22 | top 39.1% | 694 / 1,861 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.52 | 2:04.61 | top 45.8% | 579 / 1,167 | |
| Skewb | 9.29 | 13.37 | top 50.5% | 1,208 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 210 / 372 | |
| Clock | 16.79 | 22.70 | top 54.8% | 726 / 1,255 | |
| Megaminx | 3:06.73 | — | top 76.7% | 881 / 998 | |
| 6×6 | 5:06.92 | — | early days — 3 solves | 495 / 560 | |
| 7×7 | 7:48.09 | — | early days — 3 solves | 424 / 463 | |
| Square-1 | 1:53.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 785 / 789 |
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
- 11 Apr 2015Six personal bests in one day at Welcome Back to Guildford 2015.
- 21 Mar 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Edinburgh Spring 2015.
- 21 Mar 2015Eight personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Spring 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015Seven personal bests in one day at Harrow Spring 2015.
- 20 Dec 2014Six personal bests in one day at Oxford Winter 2014.
- 1 Nov 2014Four personal bests in one day at UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014.
Competitions
- Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back to Guildford 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Spring 2015 · 21 Mar 2015 — 8 personal bests set
- Harrow Spring 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 7 personal bests set
- Oxford Winter 2014 · 20 Dec 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Welcome To Cambridge 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2013 · 24 Aug 2013 — 7 personal bests set
- Leicester Open 2013 · 23 Feb 2013
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.
- Robert Yau — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- James Molloy — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.