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Samuel Williams

3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022WILL22

Samuel Williams has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.72, set at CdA Cube Clash 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 672nd in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2022, he has put 912 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.43 in June 2022 to 6.72, a 65% improvement. Samuel has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time
6.72
signature single · CdA Cube Clash 2025
912
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.728.14
top 1.1%672 / 60,666
4×426.2332.49
top 1.1%182 / 19,354
5×550.5758.91
top 1.9%154 / 9,537
2×21.622.53
top 2.7%1,074 / 41,674
Pyraminx3.024.70
top 3.7%999 / 29,168
Skewb3.085.90
top 5.4%847 / 19,164
6×61:46.561:48.35
top 6.1%214 / 4,262
7×72:49.213:03.95
top 7.7%210 / 3,236
Megaminx55.751:01.21
top 7.8%559 / 8,026
3×3 one-handed15.5818.21
top 9.4%1,258 / 15,900
Clock6.869.96
top 10.4%821 / 9,172
Square-114.6419.13
top 15.6%1,066 / 6,846

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

Spokane Summer 2022: 19.43Spokane Fall 2022: 12.36Tri Cities Fall 2022: 10.18Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 8.90Washington Championship 2023: 10.49Spokane Summer 2023: 9.20Spokane Winter 2023: 9.19Back To Tri-Cities 2024: 7.48North Idaho Newcomers 2024: 8.87Grizzly Awakening 2024: 8.25CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 8.18Spokane Winter 2025: 7.37North Idaho Newcomers 2025: 8.08Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.12Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025: 7.70CdA Cube Clash 2025: 6.72North Idaho Newcomers 2026: 6.90Spokane Fall 2026: 7.146.7219.4325 Jun 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 1.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.