People · United States
Sam Rockford
2×2 · top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025ROCK04
Sam Rockford has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,477th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2025, he has put 106 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 7.12 | top 6.2% | 2,477 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.91 | 13.83 | top 19.3% | 5,145 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 21.36 | 24.32 | top 43.7% | 25,105 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 18.03 | 34.56 | top 58.8% | 4,928 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 36.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,991 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 16.02 | 21.41 | top 81.4% | 15,582 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:12.88 | — | early days — 3 solves | 16,437 / 19,072 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 26.57 at KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025. A 36.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chaeli Baker — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shawn Doyle — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.