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Samson Schaefer

2×2 · top 7.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023SCHA11

Samson Schaefer has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.34, set at Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,922nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2023, he has put 275 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.36 in March 2023 to 11.82, a 66% improvement. Samson has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.34
signature single · Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025
275
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.346.21
top 7.4%2,922 / 40,951
3×311.8214.50
top 13.3%7,112 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.5313.86
top 24.1%6,551 / 28,708
Skewb6.658.57
top 30.9%5,099 / 18,907
Clock14.7018.22
top 46.8%3,784 / 8,927
4×41:44.02
top 73.2%13,264 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed46.741:01.93
top 73.5%10,645 / 15,683
5×53:42.26
early days — 1 solve8,309 / 9,401

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

Nickel City 2023: 34.36Empire State Spring 2023: 18.84Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 15.60ROC the Cube 2023: 14.35Chemung Cubing 2023: 15.51Cicero 2023: 15.28New-Cumberland County 2024: 15.39ROC the Cube 2024: 12.47Hsinchu Summer Open 2024: 15.76New York Championship 2024: 14.54Blizzard Blitz NY 2025: 13.58One-Handed Open NY 2025: 11.82ROC the Cube NY 2025: 12.26Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025: 12.4211.8234.3625 Mar 20231 Nov 2025

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ethan Qiu — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Louis Truong — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.