People · United Kingdom
Samuel Watson-Priest
2×2 · top 35.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024WATS08
Samuel Watson-Priest has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.69, set at Wiltshire Winter 2025, puts him in the top 35.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,874th in the United Kingdom. Across 11 competitions since May 2024, he has put 139 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.74 in May 2024 to 20.49, a 29% improvement. Samuel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.69 | 4.90 | top 35.4% | 1,874 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.26 | 11.92 | top 38.4% | 1,548 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 20.49 | 24.57 | top 41.3% | 2,855 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 10.16 | 12.89 | top 55.9% | 1,329 / 2,421 | |
| Megaminx | 2:35.06 | 3:16.99 | top 63.7% | 727 / 966 | |
| Clock | 22.84 | — | top 72.1% | 902 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 1:50.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,741 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 3:08.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,010 / 1,151 |
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
- 15 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Spring 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025.
- 18 May 2024First competition: Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024. A 28.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol August 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Wiltshire Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire September 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024 · 18 May 2024
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.
- Blue James — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Carter Swan — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kai Vermeulen — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.