People · Netherlands
Sam Steman
3×3 · top 54.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025STEM01
Sam Steman has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.63, set at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025, puts him in the top 54.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,374th in the Netherlands. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.43 in April 2025 to 25.63, a 13% 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 | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 25.63 | 30.92 | top 54.0% | 1,374 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 8.71 | 12.75 | top 72.0% | 1,318 / 1,665 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: Lente in Lent 2025. A 29.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 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.
- Corné Strydom — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Simon Boschloo — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Heleen van der Ree — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.