Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Samuel Pollom

People · United States

Samuel Pollom

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014POLL01

Samuel Pollom has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.75, set at Wichita Air Capital Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,378th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since March 2014, he has put 1,306 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.74 in March 2014 to 7.75, a 54% improvement. Samuel has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.75
signature single · Wichita Air Capital Cubing 2026
1,306
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.758.96
top 2.4%1,378 / 59,724
2×21.563.87
top 2.4%953 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.773.72
top 2.9%776 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed13.0616.21
top 4.5%651 / 15,683
Megaminx1:03.761:12.92
top 12.0%811 / 7,841
5×51:24.651:33.29
top 23.0%1,786 / 9,401
4×41:06.981:09.95
top 43.9%7,259 / 19,072
7×74:50.815:09.12
early days — 3 solves1,394 / 3,184
Skewb9.5514.89
top 52.1%9,376 / 18,907

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

Carroll Spring Open 2014: 16.74Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 14.15Wiscube 2014: 13.19Lawrence Open 2014: 12.36Lawrence Spring 2015: 11.06Indiana 2015: 10.94Kansas City Cubing 2015: 11.52OKCubing 2016: 10.17KCubing Spring 2016: 9.30Saint Mary Scramble 2016: 10.24KCubing Summer 2016: 9.51Lawrence Fall 2016: 9.32CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.01Heartland Championships 2017: 10.00KCubing Fall 2017: 8.27Cubing 4 Kids 2018: 9.56BarbeCubing 2018: 9.80CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.10BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 8.43UIUC Fall 2019: 8.89CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 8.34Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023: 7.77Going Fast in Grandview 2024: 8.20K-State Cubing Spring 2024: 8.69Kansas Championship 2024: 8.31Nebraska Championship 2025: 8.11Kansas City Side Events 2025: 8.28Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.64Missouri Championship 2025: 8.36Lawrence Summer 2025: 8.36KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025: 8.66Wichita Art Museum 2026: 8.11Wichita Air Capital Cubing 2026: 7.757.7516.7429 Mar 201413 Jun 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 1.75 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.