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Samson Nguyen
2×2 · top 49.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025NGUY37
Samson Nguyen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.83, set at Mission Viejo Fall 2025, puts him in the top 49.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,933rd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2025, he has put 30 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.00 in August 2025 to 5.83, a 17% improvement. Samson has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.83 | 7.99 | top 49.1% | 19,933 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 25.58 | 32.22 | top 53.9% | 31,620 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.06 | 17.39 | top 82.0% | 24,238 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 2:14.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,563 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:19.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,214 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 1:19.02 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,923 / 8,927 |
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
- 12 Oct 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.58 at Mission Viejo Fall 2025.
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025. A 31.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mission Viejo Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 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.
- Alex Lehman — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Woytowitz — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Muhtasim Al-Farabi — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.