People · United States
Samuel McGee
2×2 · top 3.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022MCGE03
Samuel McGee has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at High Plains Solving 2023, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,466th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2022, he has put 171 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.04 in August 2022 to 17.63, a 55% improvement. Samuel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 5.06 | top 3.7% | 1,466 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 3.23 | 4.79 | top 6.2% | 974 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.02 | 4.68 | top 7.8% | 2,028 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 11.16 | 12.49 | top 30.7% | 2,463 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 17.63 | 21.87 | top 33.1% | 18,602 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 34.59 | 48.12 | top 57.7% | 3,860 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.81 | 47.72 | top 66.5% | 9,587 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,434 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:56.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,997 / 9,537 |
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
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Colorado Springs Spring 2025.
- 3 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.63 at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023.
- 3 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First sub-30 3×3: 23.01 at Cubing in The Springs 2022.
- 29 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in The Springs 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Pueblo Puzzling 2022. A 39.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Colorado Springs Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pueblo Puzzling 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- High Plains Solving 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Trifecta 2023 · 8 Jan 2023
- LoCo Cubing AM 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- Cubing in The Springs 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pueblo Puzzling 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
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.
- Miles Walcott — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Brayden Wroten — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.