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Samuel Yu
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024YUSA01
Samuel Yu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.41, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 548th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2024, he has put 121 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.20 in July 2024 to 9.41, a 45% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.41 | 10.82 | top 5.9% | 548 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 4.05 | top 9.5% | 730 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.86 | 8.85 | top 12.3% | 584 / 6,109 | |
| Clock | 7.85 | — | early days — 3 solves | 169 / 1,159 | |
| Skewb | 7.42 | 13.33 | top 37.0% | 1,114 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.67 | 29.19 | top 38.6% | 901 / 2,685 | |
| Square-1 | 31.67 | 36.46 | top 52.7% | 522 / 920 |
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
- 9 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 9 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.41 at NSW State Championship 2025.
- 12 Jul 2024First competition: Australian Nationals 2024. A 17.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- North Sydney No Seeing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 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.
- Elias Chong — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Archimedes Dines — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hans Lin — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.