People · Australia
Sam Packett
2×2 · top 40.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025PACK02
Sam Packett has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.08, set at Melbourne Summer 2025, puts him in the top 40.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,183rd in Australia. Across 4 competitions since January 2025, he has put 67 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.19 in January 2025 to 21.74, a 10% improvement. Sam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.08 | 9.94 | top 40.3% | 3,183 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 21.74 | 27.03 | top 44.7% | 4,515 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 9.03 | 13.76 | top 48.6% | 1,544 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.54 | 15.28 | top 64.2% | 3,840 / 5,993 | |
| Megaminx | 2:59.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 999 / 1,277 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025First competition: Melbourne Summer 2025. A 24.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Geelong Winter 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 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.
- Charlie Handley — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Oscar Niizeki — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Seacroft — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.