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Samuel Murtha
3×3 · top 37.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024MURT02
Samuel Murtha has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.00, set at Brockport Bolt 2025, puts him in the top 37.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,887th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 184 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.48 in March 2024 to 19.00, a 15% 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.00 | 23.26 | top 37.1% | 20,887 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.58 | 11.60 | top 38.1% | 6,523 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.62 | 12.18 | top 41.6% | 11,915 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 15.07 | 18.74 | top 48.2% | 3,917 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 6.03 | 7.01 | top 51.2% | 20,852 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.46 | 58.19 | top 65.9% | 9,365 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:43.52 | — | top 72.9% | 13,182 / 19,072 |
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
- 16 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Brockport Bolt 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.64 at A Buffalo Cube Day 2024.
- 23 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at A Buffalo Cube Day 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024. A 22.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brockport Bolt 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- One-Handed Open NY 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A Buffalo Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Niagara Falls Summer 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
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.
- Adelynn Neal — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Maxim Bokman — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Louis Truong — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.00 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.