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Samuel Blair

2×2 · top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022BLAI01

Samuel Blair has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,659th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since January 2022, he has put 795 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 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.02 in January 2022 to 11.65, a 72% improvement. Samuel has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time
1.90
signature single · CubingUSA New England Championship 2026
795
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
2×21.903.73
top 4.2%1,659 / 41,674
Clock6.988.73
top 10.7%848 / 9,172
Skewb4.236.23
top 12.6%1,971 / 19,164
3×311.6513.98
top 12.7%6,924 / 60,666
Pyraminx6.258.67
top 21.9%5,953 / 29,168
4×41:17.141:33.49
top 53.6%9,226 / 19,354
Megaminx2:24.88—
early days — 2 solves4,527 / 8,026
3×3 one-handed39.001:00.85
top 64.0%9,167 / 15,900

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

Empire State Winter B 2022: 41.02Mum's the Word 2023: 26.43Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 28.79Northampton Winter B 2023: 18.14Cubing in Cambridge 2023: 23.25Cape Cod 2023: 20.82CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 16.93Elm City Kubikon 2023: 23.25CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 20.32Northampton Fall A 2023: 21.45Hudson Valley 2023: 22.51Troy Story 2024: 15.13Cardinal Cube Day 2024: 19.73North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024: 18.35South Deerfield Clock Fest 2024: 23.29Salem Cubikon 2024: 19.19Apple Cider Open MA 2024: 15.55Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 16.86Mystic Cubikon 2024: 18.69CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 20.17Ocean State Cubikon 2024: 24.12M Moves in Middlebury 2024: 15.89Amherst Fall 2024: 18.20Connecticut Spring 2025: 15.86Saint John's Warm Up 2025: 13.56Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.64Connecticut Championship 2025: 14.08Westport Fall 2025: 14.37New Hampshire Championship 2025: 16.13Ipswich Fall 2025: 12.24Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026: 13.35Berkshires Cube Day at BART 2026: 12.89Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026: 13.75Westport Summer 2026: 13.68Mystic Cubikon 2026: 15.91Brookline Favorites IV 2026: 11.65Wellesley Fall 2026: 12.12CubingUSA New England Championship 2026: 13.5911.6541.0216 Jan 202216 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.