People · United States
Sam Ahn
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024AHNS02
Sam Ahn has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.99, set at Houston Back to School 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,701st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2024, he has put 113 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.76 in October 2024 to 8.99, a 39% improvement. Sam 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 | 8.99 | 11.19 | top 4.8% | 2,701 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.40 | 8.93 | top 15.8% | 4,153 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 3.65 | top 17.7% | 6,924 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 58.11 | 1:07.91 | top 34.4% | 5,533 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.09 | — | top 47.5% | 3,519 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 34.83 | 56.87 | top 58.1% | 3,835 / 6,743 |
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 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Houston Back to School 2025.
- 10 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Austin Spring Open 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First competition: DFW Cubing Fall 2024. A 19.37 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.76 at DFW Cubing Fall 2024.
Competitions
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Austin Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ignacio Montilla — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Spradley — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.