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Samuel Fridman
3×3 · top 32.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024FRID02
Samuel Fridman has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.28, set at Northern Kentucky 2025, puts him in the top 32.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,948th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since November 2024, he has put 43 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.98 in November 2024 to 17.28, a 42% improvement. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.28 | 22.60 | top 32.0% | 17,948 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 8.05 | 11.95 | top 68.1% | 28,613 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 12.56 | 16.32 | top 68.8% | 13,107 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,547 / 19,354 |
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
- 3 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.28 at Northern Kentucky 2025.
- 3 Nov 2024First competition: Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024. A 29.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing by the Kings OH 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024 · 3 Nov 2024
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Braden Richards — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vikram Mohan — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.28 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 128,257 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.