People · United States
Kiran Sampathu-Woods
2×2 · top 15.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SAMP06
Kiran Sampathu-Woods has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.11, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 15.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,071st in the United States. Across 7 competitions since September 2023, he has put 138 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.32 in September 2023 to 12.66, a 63% improvement. Kiran has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 4.23 | top 15.5% | 6,071 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.66 | 19.87 | top 16.2% | 8,706 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.18 | 10.40 | top 29.3% | 8,119 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 12.10 | 21.74 | top 66.5% | 12,413 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.36 | 55.58 | top 73.1% | 10,570 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.95 | — | top 79.3% | 14,684 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 1:01.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,870 / 8,927 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.66 at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 14 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ephrata Spring 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 18.58 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.58 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cape May Summer A 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ephrata Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- King of Prussia Spring 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Maxwell Hillman-Freer — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leland Pak — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.