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Sam Cooperman

3×3 · top 0.51% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018COOP01

Sam Cooperman has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.04, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.51% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 342nd in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since March 2018, he has put 1,244 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.30 in March 2018 to 6.04, a 70% improvement. Sam has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.51% of 284,439 all-time
6.04
signature single · CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026
1,244
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.047.53
top 0.51%342 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed11.8515.20
top 2.8%440 / 15,683
2×21.673.34
top 2.9%1,136 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.155.50
top 4.2%1,098 / 28,708
4×433.0936.67
top 5.0%782 / 19,072
Skewb3.075.98
top 5.3%822 / 18,907
Square-113.0115.17
top 11.9%827 / 6,743
Clock9.3211.60
top 21.6%1,669 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves34.67
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
5×51:34.671:42.19
top 31.2%2,463 / 9,401
Megaminx2:08.832:30.90
top 50.6%3,775 / 7,841
6×64:19.82—
early days — 3 solves2,829 / 4,196
7×76:31.44—
early days — 3 solves2,330 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded8:24.95—
early days — 1 solve2,006 / 2,092

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

WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 20.30BU Spring 2018: 16.02Boston University Winter 2019: 14.78Salem Cube Trials 2019: 16.05Cubing in Cambridge 2019: 10.64Colonie Spring 2019: 12.20CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.69Providence Fall 2019: 10.92BA Four 2019: 10.28MIT Winter 2020: 9.63Constitution State Winter 2020: 9.28Cubing with the Viking 2020: 7.91Empire State Winter A 2022: 7.63Deerfield Winter 2022: 7.40Maine Spring 2022: 8.16CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 7.22Amherst Open 2022: 6.88Naticube 2022: 6.55Cubing in Cambridge 2022: 7.63Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 7.02Elm City Kubikon 2023: 6.32CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 7.15Loon Cubikon 2023: 6.57Fall River Cubikon 2024: 7.09Quabbin Newcomers 2024: 7.01Saint John's Showdown 2024: 6.17CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 6.63Loon Cubikon 2024: 7.27Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025: 7.15Coosa Cubing Clash 2025: 6.93CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 6.04Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.296.0420.3018 Mar 20182 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Derek White — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
  • Ethan Zhuang — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 106 times
  • Levi Gibson — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 40 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.