People · Malta
Samuel Gauci
2×2 · top 5.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025GAUC01
Samuel Gauci has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at Maltese Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Malta. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2025, he has put 68 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.27 in September 2025 to 9.72, a 14% improvement. Samuel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 4.75 | top 5.3% | 5 / 32 | |
| 3×3 | 9.72 | 13.10 | top 6.7% | 4 / 53 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.45 | 13.90 | top 23.5% | 5 / 25 | |
| 4×4 | 54.37 | 59.79 | top 30.1% | 6 / 20 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.04 | 38.10 | top 37.0% | 4 / 16 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.96 | 2:30.67 | top 60.6% | 6 / 9 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Maltese Championship 2026.
- 26 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Maltese Championship 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First competition: Malta End of Summer 2025. A 11.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maltese Championship 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Malta End of Summer 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Michael Zammit — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Bianca Spiteri — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Benjamin Chetcuti Cauchi — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.