People · Canada
Sam Hackett
2×2 · top 2.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025HACK02
Sam Hackett has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at Western Ontario Winter 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 143rd in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2025, he has put 125 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.26 in May 2025 to 10.55, a 20% improvement. Sam has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.52 | 3.64 | top 2.2% | 143 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 13.63 | top 9.2% | 851 / 10,502 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.19 | 21.07 | top 13.1% | 280 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.09 | — | top 56.0% | 1,590 / 3,180 | |
| Skewb | 10.34 | 13.91 | top 57.1% | 1,588 / 2,928 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.62 | 14.40 | top 64.8% | 3,228 / 4,913 | |
| Megaminx | 2:39.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 817 / 1,393 |
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 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Western Ontario Winter 2026.
- 3 May 2025First competition: Pickering Favourites Spring 2025. A 13.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Summer 2026 · 14 Jun 2026
- Waterloo Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Western Ontario Winter 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brantford Fall 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
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.
- Tin Huang — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.