People · United States
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 6.21 | top 7.4% | 2,922 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.82 | 14.50 | top 13.3% | 7,112 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.53 | 13.86 | top 24.1% | 6,551 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.65 | 8.57 | top 30.9% | 5,099 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 14.70 | 18.22 | top 46.8% | 3,784 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.02 | — | top 73.2% | 13,264 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.74 | 1:01.93 | top 73.5% | 10,645 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 3:42.26 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,309 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at One-Handed Open NY 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at New-Cumberland County 2024.
- 5 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Chemung Cubing 2023.
- 10 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at ROC the Cube 2023.
- 8 Apr 2023First sub-30 3×3: 18.84 at Empire State Spring 2023.
Competitions
- Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube NY 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- One-Handed Open NY 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Blizzard Blitz NY 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cicero 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chemung Cubing 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Qualifier 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nickel City 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
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.