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Samuel Dirkes
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2026 · 2026DIRK01
Samuel Dirkes has been competing for 1 month. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.64, set at Vinnytsia Open 2026, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,118th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since August 2026, he has put 76 official solves on the record across ten events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.64 | 12.77 | top 9.4% | 5,118 / 59,724 | |
| 7×7 | 2:57.25 | 3:15.59 | early days — 3 solves | 265 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.85 | 26.79 | top 12.2% | 1,586 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 42.27 | 49.14 | top 14.8% | 2,223 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.72 | 1:24.10 | top 15.1% | 1,169 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.96 | 9.47 | top 19.7% | 5,259 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.60 | 2:22.62 | early days — 3 solves | 712 / 4,196 | |
| 2×2 | 3.56 | 4.25 | top 20.9% | 8,206 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.79 | 1:41.31 | top 31.9% | 2,257 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 7.51 | 8.13 | top 37.5% | 6,414 / 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 story so far
- 1 Aug 2026First competition: Vinnytsia Open 2026. A 12.19 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Vinnytsia Open 2026.
Competitions
- Vinnytsia Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Maksym Voitsekhivskyi (Максим Войцехівський) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Stepan Kaplinskyi (Степан Каплінський) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ostap Bukatiuk (Остап Букатюк) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 57.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.