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Samuel Pambid
3×3 · top 7.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025PAMB01
Samuel Pambid has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.14, set at Cavite Side Events Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 848th in the Philippines. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2025, he has put 182 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.02 in January 2025 to 10.14, a 40% improvement. Samuel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Philippines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.14 | 11.81 | top 7.9% | 848 / 6,429 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 4.37 | top 11.2% | 465 / 4,353 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.26 | 18.81 | top 13.3% | 336 / 2,491 | |
| Skewb | 4.43 | 8.17 | top 14.0% | 207 / 1,346 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.13 | 8.90 | top 21.0% | 557 / 2,661 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.00 | 1:21.55 | top 21.8% | 164 / 700 | |
| Clock | 9.48 | 12.00 | top 22.3% | 149 / 543 | |
| 4×4 | 52.01 | 57.65 | top 27.3% | 744 / 2,174 | |
| Square-1 | 23.13 | 27.17 | top 35.1% | 159 / 382 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.23 | — | early days — 2 solves | 606 / 943 | |
| 7×7 | 5:58.60 | — | early days — 3 solves | 209 / 278 |
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
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Makati Speedcubing Open VII 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Six personal bests in one day at South Luzon Championship 2026.
- 6 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Makati Speedcubing Open III 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.30 at Imus Speedcubing Open II 2025.
- 5 Jan 2025First competition: Sikat ng Taon Speedcubing Blitz 2025. A 17.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Makati Speedcubing Open VII 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- South Luzon Championship 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Cavite Side Events Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Makati Speedcubing Open III 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Imus Speedcubing Open II 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sikat ng Taon Speedcubing Blitz 2025 · 5 Jan 2025
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.
- Yuji Yoshida — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gabriel Subion — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.