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Samuel Dale
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024DALE02
Samuel Dale has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.31, set at Kewbz UK Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 418th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2024, he has put 218 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.38 in March 2024 to 9.31, a 25% improvement. Samuel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.31 | 10.94 | top 5.6% | 418 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 4.25 | top 13.4% | 821 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 50.04 | 1:03.63 | top 24.8% | 543 / 2,071 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.32 | 12.21 | top 39.0% | 1,585 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 8.19 | 11.41 | top 42.7% | 1,013 / 2,421 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.31 at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024. A 13.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Favourites II 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Crewe Favourites 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Manchester August 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Maxwell Davies — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Daniel Wan — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vi Dinh — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.