People · United States
Jaiden Samtani
3×3 · top 6.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025SAMT01
Jaiden Samtani has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.70, set at Middle Georgia Fall Frenzy 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,713th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2025, he has put 193 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.55 in May 2025 to 9.70, a 41% improvement. Jaiden has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.70 | 12.59 | top 6.7% | 3,713 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 4.97 | top 10.3% | 4,093 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 7.09 | 9.38 | top 34.5% | 5,889 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.52 | 28.20 | top 38.2% | 5,150 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 13.90 | 17.08 | top 43.4% | 3,570 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.33 | 1:18.62 | top 45.3% | 7,625 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.14 | 26.74 | top 85.5% | 25,633 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 1:19.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,364 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Middle Georgia Fall Frenzy 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.29 at Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025.
- 10 May 2025First competition: Cubing in School Westminster 2025. A 16.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Middle Georgia Fall Frenzy 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026 · 4 Oct 2026
- Roswell Rumble Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Marietta the Gathering 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Georgia Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Cubing in School Westminster 2025 · 10 May 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Mullen — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fred Johnson — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.