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Samuel Walker
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023WALK03
Samuel Walker has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.83, set at New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,552nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2023, he has put 174 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.27 in February 2023 to 8.83, a 38% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.83 | 9.77 | top 4.5% | 2,552 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 4.37 | top 18.0% | 7,134 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.20 | 10.13 | top 29.5% | 8,300 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.83 | 27.02 | top 31.1% | 4,076 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 27.97 | 41.07 | top 45.6% | 3,006 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.72 | — | top 56.6% | 9,860 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 11.08 | 16.04 | top 61.3% | 11,452 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 19.94 | 23.38 | top 64.5% | 5,645 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 3:00.46 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,955 / 8,026 |
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
- 22 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Texas Championship 2024.
- 22 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 7 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2023.
- 26 Feb 2023First competition: Cedar Park Winter 2023. A 14.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026 · 2 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cedar Park Winter 2023 · 26 Feb 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.
- Michael Conard — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jose Ortiz Jr. — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.