People · Germany
Sam Joshua Poppenhagen
3×3 · top 48.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023POPP03
Sam Joshua Poppenhagen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.25, set at 444 Puebla 2025, puts him in the top 48.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,319th in Germany. Across 2 competitions since November 2023, he has put 21 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.24 in November 2023 to 23.25, a 46% improvement. Sam has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 23.25 | 30.25 | top 48.6% | 2,319 / 4,182 | |
| 2×2 | 9.53 | 11.54 | top 76.0% | 2,411 / 2,931 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.09 | 20.31 | top 85.4% | 1,810 / 2,020 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:31.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,285 / 1,328 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 23.25 at 444 Puebla 2025.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Don't NxN Tlaxcala 2023. A 43.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 444 Puebla 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Don't NxN Tlaxcala 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
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.
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luis Angel Huerta Barrales — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Libni Zair Reyes Machorro — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 3.25 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 128,257 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.