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Samuel Klos
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023KLOS01
Samuel Klos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at Back to School Utah 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,055th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 257 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.07 in March 2023 to 7.34, a 39% improvement. Samuel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.34 | 10.23 | top 1.8% | 1,055 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.02 | top 12.8% | 5,017 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 16.08 | 19.17 | top 18.9% | 1,276 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.45 | 26.13 | top 27.2% | 3,519 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 52.92 | 57.28 | top 28.3% | 4,378 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.17 | 12.72 | top 42.6% | 7,446 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.12 | 2:30.88 | top 43.7% | 3,184 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.96 | 9.78 | top 44.4% | 12,767 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.12 | 2:14.35 | top 49.9% | 4,187 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 5:06.96 | 6:27.15 | early days — 3 solves | 3,341 / 4,196 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Utah Ice Cubing 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Back to School Utah 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.34 at Back to School Utah 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First competition: Utah Megacomp 2023. A 12.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Davis County Showdown 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Spanish Fork AM 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Cubing with Culture 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 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.
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
- Cade Beck — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Wilson Hettinger — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.