People · United States
Lydia Sample
3×3 · top 14.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024SAMP05
Lydia Sample has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.07, set at Oldham County Fall 2025, puts her in the top 14.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,701st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2024, she has put 102 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.71 in May 2024 to 12.07, a 39% improvement. Lydia has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 12.07 | 15.43 | top 14.2% | 7,701 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.43 | 8.41 | top 16.0% | 4,301 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 4.54 | 7.43 | top 33.5% | 13,554 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.81 | 32.38 | top 39.0% | 5,259 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.10 | 1:23.96 | top 43.0% | 7,172 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 9.34 | 16.89 | top 50.9% | 9,246 / 19,164 |
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
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.21 at Oldham County Fall 2025.
- 11 May 2024First competition: Alabama Championship 2024. A 19.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Scenic City Spring TN 2026 · 9 May 2026
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- T-Town Showdown AL 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 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 her.
- Katie Hull — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Mullen — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Clay Moore — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as she improves.