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Samuel Wells
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025WELL01
Samuel Wells has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Stevenage March 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 357th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2025, he has put 118 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.19 in January 2025 to 3.65, a 41% improvement. Samuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.85 | 15.17 | top 4.5% | 357 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 3.87 | 12.35 | top 10.0% | 230 / 2,421 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 4.56 | top 22.1% | 1,242 / 4,895 | |
| Clock | 14.20 | 16.73 | top 44.7% | 598 / 1,232 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.24 | 12.41 | top 54.9% | 2,188 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.14 | — | top 56.9% | 1,234 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.92 | 36.53 | top 58.9% | 1,013 / 1,851 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 693 / 966 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.85 at Stevenage March 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage March 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at Stevenage October 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage October 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.91 at Stevenage April 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage April 2025.
Competitions
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
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.
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Boaz Reuben — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.