People · United States
Sam Smith
3×3 · top 29.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SMIT27
Sam Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.43, set at NxNebraska 2025, puts him in the top 29.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,019th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since July 2022, he has put 224 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.59 in July 2022 to 16.43, a 54% improvement. Sam has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 16.43 | 23.43 | top 29.2% | 16,019 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 5.89 | top 32.2% | 12,780 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.72 | 16.98 | top 39.2% | 6,732 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.28 | 12.64 | top 47.2% | 13,609 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 17.76 | 19.55 | top 58.0% | 4,836 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.76 | — | top 80.2% | 6,332 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.64 | — | top 82.8% | 15,483 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:16.84 | 1:41.32 | top 91.5% | 14,042 / 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
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at NxNebraska 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.87 at Nebraska Championship 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Nebraska Championship 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Algs in Ankeny 2024.
- 31 Mar 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.31 at Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023.
- 16 Jul 2022First competition: NxNaperville 2022. A 35.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NxNebraska 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nebraska Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nebraska Championship 2024 · 12 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 3 Cubing for Cake 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023 · 31 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NxNaperville 2022 · 16 Jul 2022
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.
- Bodie Ardinger Stibal — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chaeli Baker — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.