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Samuel Collett

5×5 · top 0.91% of 40,792 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019COLL13

Samuel Collett has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 46.45, set at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.91% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in South Africa. Until March 2016, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2019, he has put 904 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.58 in October 2019 to 7.08, a 70% improvement. Samuel has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.91% of 40,792 all-time
46.45
signature single · Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024
904
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
5×546.4557.91
top 0.91%2 / 221
3×37.087.99
top 1.4%15 / 2,164
Pyraminx2.305.18
top 1.7%10 / 946
4×427.9032.74
top 1.8%6 / 491
Skewb2.254.16
top 2.1%9 / 438
2×21.481.92
top 2.1%16 / 1,510
Clock5.015.70
top 4.5%4 / 148
6×61:43.641:53.50
top 5.1%2 / 84
Square-19.6711.63
top 5.5%6 / 118
3×3 one-handed14.0717.90
top 6.2%17 / 467
7×72:49.632:58.69
top 7.8%2 / 69
Megaminx57.021:03.23
top 8.4%12 / 266
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves39.67
top 26.7%14 / 53
3×3 blindfolded3:41.16—
early days — 1 solve28 / 53
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 16:44—
early days — 1 solve18 / 27

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

Cape Town Spring 2019: 23.58Cape Town Summer 2022: 13.52Speedcubes Cape Town 2022: 11.39Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 9.46CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023: 8.68CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023: 9.24CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023: 8.22CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023: 7.23Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 7.45Cubing in the Bay Port Elizabeth 2024: 7.63Cape Cubes Challenge 2024: 7.17Solving in Sedgefield 2025: 7.24Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025: 7.087.0823.5820 Oct 20196 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-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 6.45 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.