People · United Kingdom
Samuel Gray
2×2 · top 4.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018GRAY06
Samuel Gray has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at Weston-super-Mare Open 2022, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 307th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2018, he has put 214 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.45 in October 2018 to 10.75, a 73% improvement. Samuel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.93 | 4.81 | top 4.3% | 307 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 10.75 | 12.92 | top 9.7% | 701 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.09 | 21.50 | top 18.0% | 340 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 6.15 | 8.34 | top 26.9% | 624 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 51.87 | 55.79 | top 27.0% | 605 / 2,071 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.37 | 11.57 | top 30.9% | 1,247 / 3,656 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.53 | 2:01.22 | top 42.9% | 534 / 1,151 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Chichester April 2025.
- 19 Mar 2022First sub-30 3×3: 13.25 at Weston-super-Mare Open 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022First sub-20 3×3: 13.25 at Weston-super-Mare Open 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.25 at Weston-super-Mare Open 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022Four personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2022.
- 26 Oct 2018First competition: UK Championship 2018. A 40.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage May 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chichester April 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Chichester Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018
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.
- Chris Bonnello — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Adam Devere — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ben Stokes — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.