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Samuel Murray
3×3 · top 16.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MURR08
Samuel Murray has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.68, set at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 16.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,754th in the United States. Across 15 competitions since October 2022, he has put 437 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.74 in October 2022 to 12.68, a 44% improvement. Samuel has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 12.68 | 14.75 | top 16.3% | 8,754 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.14 | 7.90 | top 19.3% | 3,056 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.49 | 10.65 | top 23.7% | 6,448 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 10.16 | 11.88 | top 25.9% | 1,988 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 4.09 | 5.12 | top 27.6% | 10,927 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.37 | 1:33.23 | top 57.0% | 9,823 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:34.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,142 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:59.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,238 / 7,841 |
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
- 20 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at North Star Cubing Challenge 2024.
- 8 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Don't Fall Off Devils Tower 2023.
- 8 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Don't Fall Off Devils Tower 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.34 at Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022First competition: Rochester Fall 2022. A 22.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solve La Crosse 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Minnesota Championship 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- Eau Claire 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- SPAMtown II 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Don't Fall Off Devils Tower 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rochester Fall 2022 · 22 Oct 2022
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 89 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 84 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shain Papalotl Longbehn — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.