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Samuel Baird

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 0.17% of 12,294 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016BAIR01

Samuel Baird has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 18 moves, set at PBQtah 6 2024, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in the United States. Across 77 competitions since March 2016, he has put 1,832 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.34 in March 2016 to 8.85, a 65% improvement. Samuel has entered 77 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 0.17% of 12,294 all-time
18 moves
signature single · PBQtah 6 2024
1,832
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves23.33
top 0.17%5 / 2,040
2×21.703.10
top 3.1%1,192 / 40,951
3×38.8510.26
top 4.5%2,518 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded32.281:42.02
top 4.8%94 / 2,092
Clock5.295.91
top 5.2%409 / 8,927
Pyraminx3.716.73
top 6.3%1,618 / 28,708
Skewb3.825.70
top 9.7%1,486 / 18,907
Square-112.1517.07
top 10.2%718 / 6,743
4×440.6044.30
top 12.8%1,894 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed19.0121.03
top 17.8%2,299 / 15,683
5×51:23.171:29.32
top 21.7%1,682 / 9,401
Megaminx1:23.451:42.14
top 24.0%1,660 / 7,841
4×4 blindfolded6:26.21—
early days — 3 solves136 / 440
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 26:04—
top 35.6%266 / 731
6×62:50.123:06.59
top 36.1%1,303 / 4,196
7×74:23.674:42.75
top 39.0%1,095 / 3,184
5×5 blindfolded31:45.00—
early days — 1 solve198 / 218

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

Utah Spring: Gotta go Fast 2016: 25.34Idaho Speedcubing 2016: 16.36Utah Fall Championship 2016: 17.80Utah Cubing for Charity 2017: 10.10Utah Megacomp II 2017: 15.37Northwest Championships 2017: 12.16Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017: 11.73Utah Spring Open 2018: 10.22Utah Big Blind-off 2018: 13.05Potato Open 2018: 10.98CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.61Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 11.26Utah Valley Open 2019: 11.21Utah Spring Open 2019: 10.57Utah's April Surprise 2019: 10.66Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2019: 9.10Back to School Idaho 2019: 10.43Perfect Vision Provo 2020: 9.58Utah Championship 2022: 9.74Utah Snowball Bash 2022: 8.85Back to Square-1 Idaho 2022: 9.06Idaho Freeze Dried 2023: 10.27Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 9.55Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 9.73Utah Megacomp 2023: 10.54Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023: 10.86Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 10.85Utah Summer Side Events A 2023: 9.91CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.62Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023: 10.42Back to School Utah 2023: 9.39Utah Valley Open 2023: 10.90CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 9.64Utah Championship 2023: 10.60Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 10.57Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 10.76Utah Newcomers 2024: 9.74Southern Utah Summer 2024: 10.03CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 9.00Back to School Utah 2024: 9.15Utah Cubing with Culture 2024: 8.85Utah Valley Open 2024: 9.96Spanish Fork AM 2024: 9.98Utah Ice Cubing 2025: 10.92Wolverine Weekdays 1 Orem 2025: 9.61Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025: 9.13Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025: 9.56Wolverine Weekdays 3 Orem 2025: 10.73Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025: 11.46Utah Snowball Bash 2025: 10.128.8525.345 Mar 201613 Dec 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.