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Samuel Niezgoda
Pyraminx · top 9.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024NIEZ01
Samuel Niezgoda has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.37, set at Let's Go Carlow 2025, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Ireland. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2024, he has put 173 official solves on the record across six 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 35.08 in January 2024 to 18.21, a 48% improvement. Samuel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.37 | 10.93 | top 9.6% | 125 / 911 | |
| 3×3 | 18.21 | 19.89 | top 34.7% | 477 / 1,427 | |
| 2×2 | 4.68 | 5.75 | top 35.2% | 440 / 1,163 | |
| Skewb | 8.47 | 13.33 | top 44.8% | 293 / 624 | |
| Clock | 16.34 | 19.97 | top 53.1% | 190 / 331 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.36 | 1:33.39 | top 56.2% | 294 / 579 |
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
- 15 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Marble City Cubing IE 2025.
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.58 at Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at UCD Cube Days 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-30 3×3: 26.90 at Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First competition: Rebel County Cubing 2024. A 35.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Let's Go Carlow 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Marble City Cubing IE 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- UCD Cube Days 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rebel County Cubing 2024 · 13 Jan 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.
- Oisín Olwill — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hugo McGrath — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Miłosz Andzel — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.