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Sam Krueger
Pyraminx · top 2.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023KRUE02
Sam Krueger has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Cubing in Oak Creek 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 595th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2023, he has put 266 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.49 in July 2023 to 17.09, a 40% improvement. Sam has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.52 | 6.49 | top 2.2% | 595 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 6.09 | top 20.5% | 8,023 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.33 | 9.33 | top 28.4% | 4,645 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 17.09 | 20.73 | top 31.3% | 17,250 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.27 | 52.41 | top 75.1% | 10,905 / 15,683 |
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
- 1 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Wisconsin Qualifier 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.76 at Muske-GO 2024.
- 9 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at 5x5 on Madison Ice 2023.
- 12 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Green Bay 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First competition: OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023. A 28.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Door County Cube Challenge 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kenosha First A 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Door County Cube Challenge 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Oak Creek 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Qualifier 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Muske-GO 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- 5x5 on Madison Ice 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Green Bay 2023 · 12 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Schwenn — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brian Johnson — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.