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Sam Williams

Square-1 · top 2.0% of 25,662 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023WILL30

Sam Williams has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.12, set at Bristol August 2026, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in the United Kingdom. Until May 2014, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,317 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.93 in May 2023 to 8.58, a 38% improvement. Sam has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 2.0% of 25,662 all-time
7.12
signature single · Bristol August 2026
1,317
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Square-17.1211.08
top 2.0%21 / 789
3×38.5810.16
top 3.9%320 / 6,785
4×432.1835.41
top 4.4%114 / 2,112
2×22.023.61
top 4.9%360 / 4,946
3×3 one-handed16.6222.89
top 11.7%231 / 1,861
Pyraminx4.827.65
top 12.1%481 / 3,704
Clock7.468.65
top 12.7%182 / 1,255
5×51:12.331:19.91
top 13.4%183 / 1,167
6×62:07.202:18.06
top 14.3%89 / 560
Skewb5.657.67
top 23.2%539 / 2,439
Megaminx1:22.661:41.79
top 23.5%287 / 998
3×3 blindfolded1:42.72—
top 27.6%122 / 315
7×74:11.124:16.93
top 34.7%167 / 463
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—
early days — 2 solves282 / 372

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

Hampshire Spring 2023: 13.93Kent Autumn 2023: 12.58Bristol Winter 2024: 11.76Hampshire Winter 2024: 12.82Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 11.17Bristol Summer 2024: 11.51Chichester Summer 2024: 11.04Battersea Autumn 2024: 11.41Hampshire Autumn 2024: 10.78Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 10.88Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 11.57Bristol Winter Open 2024: 10.43Chichester January 2025: 10.82Hampshire Winter 2025: 10.69Chichester April 2025: 10.14Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025: 9.96Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 10.22Bristol June 2025: 8.58Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 10.17Stevenage October 2025: 8.92Hampshire Autumn 2025: 8.60Devon Winter 2026: 9.25Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.99Bristol August 2026: 9.57Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2026: 9.45Poole Autumn 2026: 9.518.5813.9327 May 20233 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.

  • Adam Devere — met in 213 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
  • Dorian Chan — met in 194 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • AJ Nicholls — met in 192 rounds, finished ahead 153 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 210 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.