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Samuel Lee

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023LEES15

Samuel Lee has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.62, set at Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,283rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since June 2023, he has put 1,260 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.54 in June 2023 to 7.62, a 70% improvement. Samuel has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.62
signature single · Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026
1,260
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.629.62
top 2.2%1,283 / 59,724
2×21.592.70
top 2.6%1,000 / 40,951
Skewb2.536.40
top 3.0%457 / 18,907
4×430.8934.89
top 3.4%540 / 19,072
Pyraminx3.304.76
top 4.7%1,221 / 28,708
Megaminx50.4255.11
top 5.3%372 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed13.8017.32
top 5.7%801 / 15,683
5×51:05.011:19.14
top 8.4%653 / 9,401
Clock7.819.46
top 14.3%1,089 / 8,927
Square-117.9629.21
top 23.3%1,538 / 6,743
6×62:34.002:41.04
top 27.7%981 / 4,196
7×74:24.794:32.58
top 39.4%1,114 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves43.00
top 48.3%1,031 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded5:45.41—
early days — 3 solves1,761 / 2,092

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

Concord Summer 2023: 25.54North Carolina Championship 2023: 14.01Rocky Top 2023: 12.57See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024: 9.57CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 8.91Bull City Summer NC 2024: 10.42CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 8.72Appalachian Highlands TN 2024: 11.06NCSU Wolfpack 2024: 10.20Charlotte Winter 2025: 8.49Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025: 11.01Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.49Virginia Championship 2025: 8.88Concord Summer 2025: 7.88Virginia Beach Fall 2025: 7.94NCSU Wolfpack 2025: 9.73Farewellington 2025: 9.44Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026: 8.74Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026: 9.79NxN Nonsense NC 2026: 9.00NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026: 8.60DFW Cubing Spring 2026: 8.97Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026: 8.95Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026: 7.62Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026: 8.85Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 8.607.6225.5425 Jun 20232 Jul 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.