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Samuel Burtraw
2×2 · top 9.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025BURT02
Samuel Burtraw has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.51, set at Cubing at the Course CT 2025, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,543rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2025, he has put 78 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.48 in January 2025 to 11.42, a 47% improvement. Samuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 2.51 | 4.88 | top 9.0% | 3,543 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.42 | 14.81 | top 11.9% | 6,383 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.54 | 8.82 | top 16.7% | 4,430 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.70 | 17.80 | top 39.0% | 6,703 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,773 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.04 | — | top 73.8% | 13,394 / 19,072 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.83 at Great Peconic Bay 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Great Peconic Bay 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Cubing at the Course CT 2025. A 21.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brookhaven Summer 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Long Island Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at the Course CT 2025 · 4 Jan 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.
- Ellie Burtraw — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Justin Rose — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Evan Liu — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.