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Samuel Koppenhaver

3×3 · top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024KOPP02

Samuel Koppenhaver has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.59, set at Cubing on Lake Superior 2024, puts him in the top 12.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,706th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since September 2024, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Samuel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.59
signature single · Cubing on Lake Superior 2024
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.5914.74
top 12.5%6,706 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed26.7932.27
top 38.8%5,165 / 15,683
Megaminx2:19.682:36.40
top 56.2%4,220 / 7,841
4×41:23.221:36.65
top 58.5%10,113 / 19,072
Skewb13.9316.74
top 74.5%14,080 / 18,907

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

Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 11.59State Hunting Calls for Sioux Falls 2026: 13.3611.5913.3622 Sep 20245 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.