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Samuel Hough

Square-1 · top 28.3% of 25,272 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024HOUG03

Samuel Hough has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 20.15, set at Minnesota Slice 2025, puts him in the top 28.3% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,858th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 44 official solves on the record across two events. His Square-1 best has come down from 31.64 in April 2024 to 20.15, a 36% improvement. Samuel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 28.3% of 25,272 all-time
20.15
signature single · Minnesota Slice 2025
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Square-120.1526.39
top 28.3%1,858 / 6,743
3×31:09.451:27.44
top 94.7%57,476 / 59,724

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

Minnesota Slice 2024: 31.64Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 31.27Rosemount Side Events 2024: 24.73Minnesota Championship 2024: 27.15Minnesota Slice 2025: 20.15North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 20.8320.1531.6420 Apr 202431 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, Square-1. 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-20 Square-1 single — 7,083 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 9.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.