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Samuel Threlkeld

Pyraminx · top 1.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022THRE02

Samuel Threlkeld has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at OKC Winter 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 466th in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since December 2022, he has put 2,177 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.35 in December 2022 to 7.89, a 36% improvement. Samuel has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.8% of 130,891 all-time
2.32
signature single · OKC Winter 2026
2,177
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.325.66
top 1.8%466 / 29,168
2×21.492.40
top 2.1%861 / 41,674
4×428.6735.72
top 2.1%361 / 19,354
3×37.899.74
top 2.6%1,550 / 60,666
Square-18.9515.16
top 4.4%335 / 6,846
Clock5.055.87
top 4.5%366 / 9,172
5×51:00.001:05.69
top 5.6%465 / 9,537
3×3 one-handed17.2920.90
top 13.4%1,745 / 15,900
6×62:13.052:17.70
top 17.0%609 / 4,262
Megaminx1:16.361:24.35
top 19.5%1,357 / 8,026
7×73:42.353:51.45
top 24.3%694 / 3,236
Skewb6.4610.42
top 29.5%4,894 / 19,164
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves43.00
top 44.8%982 / 2,059
3×3 blindfolded2:52.50—
top 50.4%1,090 / 2,128

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

Texarkana Winter 2022: 12.35Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023: 11.90Twisters in Tulsa 2023: 14.12CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 12.62Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023: 11.35Lawton OKtoberfest Fall 2023: 9.67Oklahoma Fall 2023: 11.21UCO Cubing Winter 2024: 10.74DFW Cubing Winter 2024: 9.40OKC Cube-Off Winter 2024: 9.76Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024: 10.23DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024: 8.52DFW Cubing Spring 2024: 9.50DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 9.35Oklahoma Championship 2024: 9.93CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 9.29DFW Cubing Fall 2024: 9.97OKC Holiday Cube-Off 2024: 9.10DFW Cubing Winter 2025: 10.04DFW Cubing Spring 2025: 9.94Oklahoma Championship 2025: 10.92DFW Qualifier 2025: 9.04Kansas Championship 2025: 10.74OKC Unorthodox Blocks 2025: 10.55Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025: 8.72Lawton OKtoberfest 2025: 10.31Cube On in Richardson 2025: 8.15Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025: 9.34OKC Winter 2026: 9.87Oklahoma Championship 2026: 9.36GAN Southern Championship 2026: 9.66Kansas Championship 2026: 7.89UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026: 8.337.8914.1210 Dec 202217 Oct 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.

  • Ryan Pilat — met in 384 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Jake Maddox — met in 316 rounds, finished ahead 69 times
  • Casey Ngo — met in 249 rounds, finished ahead 27 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.