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Samuel Borchers
2×2 · top 24.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024BORC02
Samuel Borchers has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.86, set at North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025, puts him in the top 24.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,681st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since September 2024, he has put 151 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Samuel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 3.86 | 6.47 | top 24.7% | 9,681 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.27 | 9.83 | top 35.8% | 6,060 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 19.90 | 23.65 | top 39.7% | 22,464 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.36 | 12.97 | top 47.9% | 13,827 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.66 | 59.28 | top 74.5% | 10,796 / 15,683 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.90 at Cubetcha MN 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha MN 2024.
- 22 Sep 2024First competition: Cubing on Lake Superior 2024. A 23.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing on Lake Superior 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Andrew Tyberg — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Walker Welch — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elise Edstrom — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.