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Samuel Stewart
3×3 · top 7.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023STEW09
Samuel Stewart has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.82, set at ODU Big Blue Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,892nd in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2023, he has put 547 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.56 in June 2023 to 9.82, a 44% improvement. Samuel has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.82 | 14.87 | top 7.0% | 3,892 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.20 | 8.12 | top 8.7% | 2,276 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.43 | 5.64 | top 19.4% | 7,716 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.63 | 12.49 | top 30.8% | 5,147 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 55.17 | 1:02.90 | top 31.0% | 4,955 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.15 | 35.82 | top 44.8% | 6,130 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 15.08 | 17.32 | top 48.2% | 4,022 / 9,172 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at ODU Big Blue Open 2025.
- 10 Nov 2023Six personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 10 Jun 2023First competition: Warwick Cube Day 2023. A 17.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2026 · 4 Oct 2026
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- ODU Big Blue Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- High Five Bloomsburg 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Carson 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Plum Puzzles 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Cumberland County Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Warwick Cube Day 2023 · 10 Jun 2023
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.
- Currin Wilson — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Leland Pak — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Ledger Ramirez — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.