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Samuel Martin

Skewb · top 4.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019MART21

Samuel Martin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Reno Spring 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 631st in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since March 2019, he has put 1,685 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.25 in March 2019 to 9.46, a 69% improvement. Samuel has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.0% of 73,281 all-time
2.80
signature single · Reno Spring 2024
1,685
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.806.47
top 4.0%631 / 18,907
3×39.4612.66
top 6.0%3,323 / 59,724
2×22.303.45
top 7.0%2,793 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.547.00
top 10.5%2,735 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves40.00
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed18.1623.96
top 15.5%1,997 / 15,683
4×444.0448.45
top 17.1%2,600 / 19,072
Square-115.9125.14
top 18.5%1,251 / 6,743
Megaminx1:21.321:27.55
top 22.7%1,560 / 7,841
5×51:28.281:40.61
top 25.9%2,025 / 9,401
Clock10.1712.15
top 25.9%1,996 / 8,927
6×63:04.643:15.60
top 43.3%1,608 / 4,196
7×75:02.696:03.14
top 51.4%1,496 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded3:12.374:34.21
top 55.9%1,182 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 32:11—
early days — 3 solves572 / 731
4×4 blindfolded28:16.00—
early days — 3 solves426 / 440

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

Las Vegas Spring 2019: 30.25Southern Utah Summer 2022: 18.39Cubing on the Octagon 2022: 15.86Reno Spring 2023: 12.62Bobcat Battle 2023: 12.75Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023: 11.12Reno Fall 2023: 13.05Bobcat Battle Fall 2023: 14.57Vegas Cubing Fall 2023: 10.90Phoenix Cubing Open 2023: 12.50Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024: 12.33Reno Spring 2024: 9.46Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024: 12.80Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024: 10.95Reno Summer 2024: 12.06CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 13.28Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024: 10.13Super Duper San Diego 2024: 12.79Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024: 13.61Reno Fall 2024: 11.99Cubes Canes & Joy Vegas 2024: 13.84SacCubing XIX 2025: 12.89Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025: 12.52Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 12.59Lakewood Newcomers 2025: 10.90Nevada Championship 2025: 10.34Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025: 10.66SacCubing XX 2025: 12.81Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.38UCLA Summer 2025: 15.04Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025: 12.88West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 11.86SacCubing XXI 2025: 10.76Rocky Mountain Championship 2025: 10.51Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025: 12.90Super Duper San Diego 2026: 10.64Vegas Cubing Winter 2026: 10.65UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 10.27McBaja II 2026: 11.66West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 12.02Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.66Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 12.359.4630.2523 Mar 201929 Aug 2026

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.