People · United States
Sam Dodge
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023DODG02
Sam Dodge has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,735th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2023, he has put 188 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.63 in March 2023 to 9.77, a 37% improvement. Sam 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.77 | 11.70 | top 6.8% | 3,735 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 4.97 | top 17.1% | 6,687 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.02 | 26.79 | top 23.3% | 2,988 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.54 | 11.76 | top 24.2% | 6,575 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 57.01 | 1:01.44 | top 33.1% | 5,285 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.27 | 1:59.44 | top 34.8% | 2,758 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.73 | 2:15.37 | top 47.9% | 3,553 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 36.69 | 1:01.46 | top 60.9% | 4,011 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:50.63 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,415 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 19.32 | 25.35 | top 62.7% | 5,311 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 5:48.84 | 5:53.93 | early days — 3 solves | 1,959 / 3,184 |
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
- 3 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 28 Jun 2024Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Back To Tri-Cities 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Spokane Summer 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at Welcome to Olympia 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023First competition: Central Washington Odds 2023. A 16.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Back To Tri-Cities 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Spokane Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bothell Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome to Olympia 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Central Washington Odds 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Kedar Sekhar — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Greyson James — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Seth Read — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.