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Samuel Lee
3×3 · top 16.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LEES04
Samuel Lee has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.65, set at Simi Mini B 2026, puts him in the top 16.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,684th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since April 2017, he has put 284 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.52 in April 2017 to 12.65, a 41% improvement. Samuel has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 12.65 | 15.91 | top 16.2% | 8,684 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 17.32 | 23.50 | top 21.7% | 1,442 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 6.34 | 8.72 | top 28.5% | 4,661 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.19 | 11.27 | top 29.4% | 8,145 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.54 | 6.05 | top 33.4% | 13,314 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 14.48 | 18.33 | top 45.8% | 3,694 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.30 | 1:42.85 | top 57.8% | 9,973 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.65 | 2:53.27 | top 59.2% | 4,444 / 7,841 |
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
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 6 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Agoura Side Events Day 2025.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.69 at AZCubing Spring 2019.
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.60 at Irvine Winter 2018.
- 23 Apr 2017First competition: OCSEF Open 2017. A 21.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Simi Mini B 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCSB Favorites 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Side Events Day 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024
- Agoura Cubing Returns 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- AZCubing Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- OCSEF Open 2017 · 23 Apr 2017
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.
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Shoji — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shane Grogan — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 2.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.