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Sam Troxel

2×2 · top 0.28% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017TROX01

Sam Troxel has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.84, set at Missouri Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2017, he has put 902 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.62 in March 2017 to 7.28, a 75% improvement. Sam has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.28% of 186,767 all-time
0.84
signature single · Missouri Championship 2025
902
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.842.89
top 0.28%120 / 40,951
3×37.288.95
top 1.7%1,009 / 59,724
4×429.8932.80
top 2.8%451 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.934.32
top 3.4%895 / 28,708
Square-19.6415.17
top 5.5%403 / 6,743
5×51:02.541:06.92
top 6.9%556 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed15.8420.25
top 9.9%1,307 / 15,683
Skewb4.336.25
top 13.2%2,047 / 18,907
Clock7.878.92
top 14.6%1,123 / 8,927
6×62:09.322:15.70
top 15.0%538 / 4,196
7×73:19.403:29.61
top 16.1%449 / 3,184
Megaminx1:15.271:19.58
top 18.9%1,279 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded1:48.882:25.00
top 29.6%609 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 38:32—
early days — 1 solve349 / 731
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves47.33
early days — 3 solves1,364 / 2,040

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

Iowa State Spring 2017: 29.62Sioux City Sunday 2023: 13.41Nebraska Championship 2024: 8.05Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.04KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024: 9.00Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024: 7.28Nebraska Championship 2025: 8.09Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025: 8.37Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025: 8.90Missouri Championship 2025: 9.10Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025: 9.22NxNebraska 2025: 7.80Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2026: 8.96South Omaha Scramble 2026: 8.537.2829.6218 Mar 201718 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.