People · United States
Sam Patterson
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019PATT08
Sam Patterson has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at St. Louis Spring 2025, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,136th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2019, he has put 51 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 25% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.56 in December 2019 to 10.65, a 63% improvement. Sam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.65 | 14.12 | top 9.4% | 5,136 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.18 | 32.05 | top 32.0% | 4,168 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.57 | 5.78 | top 33.8% | 13,472 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.20 | 1:09.59 | top 43.1% | 7,084 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:48.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,568 / 9,401 |
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 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at St. Louis Spring 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.28 at South Bend Scramble 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.28 at South Bend Scramble 2025.
- 1 Dec 2019First competition: UIUC Fall 2019. A 28.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- St. Louis Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- South Bend Scramble 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UIUC Fall 2019 · 1 Dec 2019
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.
- Garrett Hadaway — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Garrett — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rohan Bohra — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.