People · Australia
Sam Langerak
3×3 · top 7.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LANG04
Sam Langerak has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.91, set at Tamar Valley Turning 2026, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 683rd in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2024, he has put 152 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.43 in March 2024 to 9.91, a 56% improvement. Sam has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.91 | 11.80 | top 7.2% | 683 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 3.83 | top 11.2% | 860 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.10 | 9.22 | top 37.1% | 2,015 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.22 | 34.32 | top 40.0% | 930 / 2,685 | |
| Clock | 14.51 | 15.73 | top 45.9% | 496 / 1,159 | |
| Skewb | 10.49 | 15.08 | top 58.0% | 1,931 / 3,589 | |
| Square-1 | 38.81 | 52.24 | top 63.9% | 631 / 920 | |
| Megaminx | 2:45.30 | 3:11.12 | top 68.3% | 909 / 1,313 | |
| 4×4 | 1:48.18 | 2:05.89 | top 75.7% | 2,284 / 3,108 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at North Tasmania Spring 2026.
- 3 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Tamar Valley Turning 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at North Tasmania Spring 2025.
- 27 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.37 at North Tasmania Spring 2024.
- 27 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.95 at North Tasmania Spring 2024.
- 27 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at North Tasmania Spring 2024.
Competitions
- North Tasmania Spring 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Tamar Valley Turning 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- North Tasmania Spring 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- North Tasmania Spring 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Try Cubing Burnie 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
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.
- Veer Liu Dogra — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brad Deegan — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Lena Buonaccorsi — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.