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Samuel Anes
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ANES01
Samuel Anes has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.29, set at Sowega Spring 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,019th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2023, he has put 375 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.47 in January 2023 to 7.29, a 50% improvement. Samuel has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.29 | 8.56 | top 1.7% | 1,019 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.26 | 12.99 | top 2.1% | 344 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.61 | top 8.6% | 3,389 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.38 | 1:12.10 | top 39.0% | 6,346 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.01 | 18.44 | top 53.1% | 15,496 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 23.13 | 26.10 | top 93.3% | 17,934 / 18,907 |
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
- 2 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sowega Spring 2025.
- 9 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Salem Cubikon 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at FSUbers 6.0 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at FSUbers 5.0 2024.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Middleboro Cubikon 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Pegasus 2023. A 14.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Lexington Weeknights II 2025 · 16 Jun 2025
- Saint John's Warm Up 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Lexington Weeknights I 2025 · 2 Jun 2025
- Sowega Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights VI 2024 · 19 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Weeknights II 2024 · 1 Jul 2024
- Fundación Ana y José Bogotá 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Weeknights I 2024 · 17 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Salem Cubikon 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 6.0 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 5.0 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Middleboro Cubikon 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tally Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023
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.
- Jared Balassaitis — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Daniel Porter — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.