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Samuel VanWinkle
Pyraminx · top 28.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023VANW02
Samuel VanWinkle has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.12, set at UW or U Don't 2023, puts him in the top 28.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,087th in the United States. Across 27 competitions since July 2023, he has put 358 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.51 in July 2023 to 16.44, a 24% improvement. Samuel has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.12 | 11.73 | top 28.9% | 8,087 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 4.18 | 6.36 | top 28.9% | 11,633 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 16.44 | 20.86 | top 29.3% | 16,345 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.34 | 1:44.19 | top 64.7% | 11,534 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 23.13 | 26.08 | top 93.4% | 18,195 / 19,164 |
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
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.29 at SnoCo Has Too Much 3x3 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First competition: Bothell Summer 2023. A 21.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tacoma Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- Northwest Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Summer Scramble UW 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Seattle Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Dawgs at Denny UW 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Lakewood Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Olympia Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Kent Summer 2024 · 7 Sep 2024
- Tacoma Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
- Husky Pride Seattle 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Lakewood Newcomers 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Vancouver Newcomers Morning 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Couve Cubing Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- UW or U Don't 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Odd Olympia 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Lucky Lynnwood 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Kent Summer 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- SnoCo Has Too Much 3x3 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Bothell Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 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.
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eli Kirk — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anishk Arora — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.