People · United States
Sammie Faella
Pyraminx · top 10.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019FAEL01
Sammie Faella has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.60, set at Penn Cube Day Fall 2025, puts her in the top 10.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,824th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2019, she has put 185 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.82 in July 2019 to 12.40, a 46% improvement. Sammie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.60 | 6.29 | top 10.8% | 2,824 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.40 | 14.90 | top 15.3% | 8,181 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 48.77 | 1:02.44 | top 23.1% | 3,520 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 4.78 | top 28.4% | 11,245 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 10.96 | 14.97 | top 29.9% | 2,338 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.23 | 1:51.08 | top 34.2% | 2,425 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.38 | 1:51.66 | top 37.9% | 3,025 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:58.50 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,104 / 2,092 | |
| Skewb | 9.56 | 12.30 | top 52.2% | 9,391 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.61 | 38.04 | top 54.6% | 7,577 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 41.82 | 55.28 | top 67.6% | 4,446 / 6,743 |
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
- 2 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Penn Cube Day Fall 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.10 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Ten personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 7 Mar 2020First sub-20 3×3: 15.64 at Skewbadelphia Winter 2020.
- 26 Jul 2019First competition: Massachusetts Championship 2019. A 22.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 10 personal bests set
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- No Place For DNF Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 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 her.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chris Chi — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ishaan Lal — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as she improves.