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Samuel McNeil

3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023MCNE04

Samuel McNeil has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.95, set at Glasgow Autumn Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 217th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2023, he has put 712 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.55 in March 2023 to 7.95, a 59% improvement. Samuel has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.95
signature single · Glasgow Autumn Open 2025
712
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×37.9511.53
top 2.7%217 / 6,689
2×21.973.92
top 4.5%329 / 4,895
4×437.9340.68
top 9.7%228 / 2,071
Pyraminx4.588.13
top 10.7%423 / 3,656
Skewb4.489.35
top 14.3%330 / 2,421
5×51:15.551:22.89
top 15.8%209 / 1,151
6×62:38.322:52.15
top 29.9%175 / 548
3×3 one-handed23.9629.44
top 31.4%575 / 1,851
Clock13.0116.39
top 39.7%529 / 1,232
7×74:26.604:43.36
top 40.0%184 / 459
Megaminx1:49.462:07.23
top 40.0%445 / 966
Square-131.9441.64
top 53.2%465 / 778

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

Edinburgh Spring 2023: 19.55Glasgow Spring 2023: 16.70Glasgow Autumn 2023: 14.56Edinburgh Winter 2024: 12.94Glasgow Spring 2024: 13.11Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 12.08Edinburgh Winter 2025: 10.22Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 10.46Glasgow NxN Day 2025: 9.77Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 10.24Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 7.95Edinburgh Winter 2026: 8.94Falkirk Open 2026: 10.937.9519.554 Mar 202321 Feb 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.